11-month delay in appointing German envoy the latest prolonged ambassadorial vacancy

'[Not] having an ambassador there for that long of time sends a very bad signal to the Germans,' says former senior diplomat Guy Saint-Jacques.

A new Canadian ambassador in Germany has been absent from a series of diplomatic appointments announced this summer by Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

July 27, 2023

The nearly year-long wait for a new Canadian ambassador to Germany is the latest instance of a multi-month vacancy at major Canadian embassies around the globe, with a former senior diplomat calling the delay to name a new top diplomat in Berlin “very concerning.”

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