Canada’s newly appointed envoy to Beijing says there are many different human rights issues when it comes to China, and she will not shy away from shining the spotlight on such issues during her time as ambassador. Jennifer May, who has worked as a diplomat for 30 years, told the the Toronto Star on Sept. 22…

Canada should be much firmer in its dealings with communist China, says a former ambassador to that country. Guy St-Jacques, Canada’s envoy to China from 2012 to 2016, made the comments in his speech during a panel discussion at “The Challenge of China” conference at the University of Ottawa on June 3.    “It is high…

Canada’s outgoing ambassador to China will take up a post as chairman to Australian multinational mining corporation Rio Tinto, the company announced on Dec. 19. Dominic Barton will succeed Simon Thompson as Rio Tinto’s chairman in 2022. He will first join Rio Tinto’s board on April 4 and be appointed to the role of chair…

Commentary Martin Lloyd-Jones, a well-known Protestant minister in Britain, had a rather effective quote that pithily described the duty of an ambassador. “An ambassador from any country,” he said, “is always conscious of the fact that he has a tremendous responsibility because he is the representative by whom his country is to be judged.” Indeed,…