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Ailish Campbell named Canada’s next EU ambassador, becoming first woman in role

Plus, Trudeau congratulates New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern on landslide re-election, and Rachel Gilmore is switching Hill newsrooms, joining Global News.

Ailish Campbell has been Canada's chief trade commissioner since 2017. Her duties involved implementing the federal government's trade diversification strategy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

October 21, 2020

Canada’s chief trade commissioner is becoming its next ambassador in Brussels. Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne named Ailish Campbell to the post on Oct. 17. She is succeeding Daniel Costello who is back at the Pearson Buildi...

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