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David Mulroney: The next PM must remind Canada’s public servants who really runs the show

Untangling this mess will require a combination of culture change and restructuring. We can no longer entrust our international affairs to ideologically rigid and determinedly non-accountable public servants. People need to be reminded that the price of fearless advice is loyal implementation.

We also need to recover the principle that foreign aid is an element of foreign policy, not the other way around.

Thinking about foreign aid should also include consideration of our own economic interests, opportunities for safeguarding Canadian health and welfare, and implications for Canada’s defence and security.

It’s also entirely reasonable to expect that our foreign aid will win us friends rather than lose them, something worth considering the next time we seek a non-permanent seat on the Security Council.

Repairing the damage will involve rebuilding capacity in the public service in general and in the foreign service in particular, something that will require vastly improved recruitm

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Yu Jianhua Met with Canadian Ambassador to China David Mulroney

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David Mulroney spent the majority of his 30-plus years in the Canadian foreign service focussed on Asia. He was Canada’s ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 2009 to 2012. He headed Canada’s office in Taiwan (1998-2001) and served, from 2001 to 2005, as Canada’s Senior Official for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

Prior to his appointment to Beijing, Mr. Mulroney was assigned to the Privy Council Office in Ottawa as the Deputy Minister responsible for the Afghanistan Task Force, overseeing coordination of all aspects of Canada’s engagement in Afghanistan. Mr. Mulroney’s other assignments included serving as Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and, concurrently, as the Prime Minister’s Personal Representative to the G8 Summit. He has also served as Foreign and Defence Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister.

After retiring from the Public Service of Canada, he served from 2015-2018 as President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St. Michael’s College, the Catholic university federated with the University of Toronto.

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