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Major public service shakeup taps David Morrison to ‘elevated’ key foreign policy role in the centre

The March 4 announcement names 15 senior civil servants to new roles, and brings in one person from the private sector as Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to reshape the federal bureaucracy, from Foreign Affairs to Fisheries and Oceans.

David Morrison, pictured, was named Prime Minister Mark Carney's senior diplomatic and international affairs adviser as part of a wide-ranging March 4 shuffle.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARLO GLASS, NEIL MOSS

March 4, 2026

UPDATED March 6, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney is shuffling the most senior officials on the international file, with the No. 2 at Global Affairs Canada heading to the Privy Council Office as Canada’s foreign policy inner circle is being increasingly centralized.

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