Cannon bids farewell, diplomats consider the future

Envoys say majority bodes well, and having a new foreign minister won't hurt.

Published May 11, 2011

Against a backdrop of flags from the nations of the world, Lawrence Cannon surveyed the hundreds of Foreign Affairs staff squeezed into the expansive lobby at the Lester B. Pearson building on May 9 and now waiting for him to speak.

Canada's departing foreign affairs minister was making a farewell speech, a week after he suffered a surprising election defeat at the hands of a former-communist-turned-NDPer....

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