Friday, October 16, 2009
DFAIT Cancels Cross-Canada Tours for Trainees
What a shame. These tours allowed new FSOs to learn about the country they would represent while abroad. They also enabled them to say they had been "there", or nearby, when anyone asked, even years later. Most of all, the tours were a sort of boot camp. A group that survives a few weeks of late night arrivals, factory tours and boardroom presentations gets to know one another, they bond and become colleagues. The tours also allow participants to build up a trove of embarrassing stories about their new colleagues that they will embellish and recite for many years in many lands. They are (were?) the most valuable part of the entire training period.
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Yet another symptom of the decline and fall of the once-respected Trade Commissioner Service. I am more glad than ever that I got in (and out) when I did. Earlier would have been better, any later much worse.
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