Foreign Affairs shelves plans for more overseas postings

Budget shortfalls mean department won't deploy 400 more staff abroad

Published October 7, 2009

The Foreign Affairs department has shelved plans to bolster Canada's position abroad by deploying 400 more staff to its overseas missions after major budget overruns forced it to cut back spending this year.

In a memo to all staff dated Sept. 18 and obtained by Embassy, Len Edwards, the department's deputy minister, Louis Lévesque, deputy minister for international trade, and Gérald...

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