Political will and departmental culture change needed to reform foreign service, says Senate committee chair

The current fiscal constraints underpinning the federal government clash with a new report calling for a reinvestment in Canada's foreign service.

Independent Senator Peter Boehm, left, and Progressive Senator Peter Harder serve as chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the Senate Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee, which recently tabled a report calling for reforms in Canada's foreign service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

December 13, 2023

As a Senate committee releases a much-anticipated report on reforming the foreign service, its chair says a change in culture is needed as well as increased political will to give diplomats more control.

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