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Marc Lemieux: RIP

Friends and colleagues will be saddened by the death of Marc Lemieux on Wednesday past. The information below was provided by Marc-André Brault.

C'est avec très grande tristesse que je vous fait part du décès de Marc Lemieux, hier, jeudi le 18 aout, d'un cancer généralisé. Le service funéraire aura lieu au Centre Funéraire de Bromont, voisin de l'Église de Bromont, le vendredi 27 aout à 11h00. Son épouse Lise et ses deux filles, Diane et Dominique, recevront parents et amis à partir de 10h00.

Brocklebank Runs for Public Office

At last! Our colleague has his hat in the ring. Bob has long been our go-to guy for explanations of Ottawa politics. Vote early and often.

See his website (http://www.brocklebank.ca/) and his blog (http://brocklebank.blogspot.com/).

HOM Appointments

Patrick G. Binns becomes Consul General in Boston (United States of America).

Perry Calderwood becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal.

Paula Caldwell St-Onge becomes Consul General in Dallas (United States of America).

Hilary Childs-Adams becomes Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic.

Allan Culham becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, in Washington, D.C.

Paul Gibbard becomes Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Mark Gwozdecky becomes Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Paul Hunt becomes Ambassador to the State of Israel.

Ross Hynes becomes High Commissioner to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Jamal Khokhar becomes Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Gwyneth A. Kutz becomes Ambassador to the Argentine Republic.

Matthew Levin becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba.

Cameron MacKay becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica.

Randolph Mank becomes High Commissioner to Malaysia.

Henri-Paul Normandin becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti.

Roy B. Norton becomes Consul General in Detroit (United States of America).

Gilles Rivard becomes Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, in New York City.

Michael Small becomes High Commissioner to Australia with concurrent accreditation to the Solomon Islands, and Ambassador to the Republic of Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Denis Stevens becomes Consul General in Seattle (United States of America).

Christopher Thornley becomes Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines.

Marianick Tremblay becomes Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador.

Francis Trudel becomes Ambassador to the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.

So Glad I'm Retired

Excerpt from a message on re-org at DFAIT:

The European Union Bureau (GUD) and the Europe Bureau (GRD) have merged to form a streamlined new Europe and Eurasia Bureau, effective immediately. The Bureau, which uses the organizational acronym GUD, has been created under the auspices of Geographic Group Renewal.

In concert with Canada’s mission network overseas, the Bureau will spearhead implementation of DFAIT’s New Business Model across 55 countries and a number of regional institutions. GUD Missions abroad will play a leading role in all of the key aspects linked to the specific bilateral relationship for which they are responsible, with support from the Bureau.

This support will vary from country to country and institution to institution, depending on the relative priority of the relationships and the intensity of labour required to support them – but will focus primarily on ensuring that Missions are fully integrated into domestic networks and policy discussions in order to appropriately advance Canadian interests and perspectives abroad.

The organizational structure of the Bureau will therefore ensure available Headquarters resources are consolidated in support of key bilateral relationships and integrative trade objectives, while advancing Canada's regional interests and providing surge capacity to respond to emerging priorities. Responsibilities within the Bureau’s three divisions are divided as follows...