Toronto Star: Data obtained by The Canadian Press also shows an even larger drop in foreign workers hired at missions overseas, just as the Carney government seeks deeper diplomatic and trade ties with other countries.
“They’re not understanding the business they’re in. And the business that they’re in is not spreadsheets,” said Jeremy Kinsman, a former ambassador to Russia, the U.K. and the European Union.
“It may be a symptom or a reflection of the discrepancy between Ottawa-based employees who haven’t served abroad, who don’t understand.”…