Carney government shakes up diplomatic missions in U.S. with new consular appointments
The Canadian government has appointed new consuls general to major U.S. cities, including a former Liberal MP and a former Shell executive. These diplomatic shifts occur as the U.S. declines to extend the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), signaling a new phase in North American trade relations.
Why it matters
The appointments and the trade agreement status reflect critical changes in Canada's diplomatic and economic strategy toward the United States.
Among the new appointees that will take up posts in major U.S. cities are a former Liberal MP and a former Shell executive.
Kamal Khera, the former MP for Brampton West, has been named the consul general in Los Angeles.
A nurse by training, Khera failed to hold the seat she first won in 2015 during last year's election. She was a minister in Justin Trudeau's government and briefly in Prime Minister Mark Carney's first cabinet.
Susannah Pierce, a former executive with oil giant Shell Canada, has been tapped to take up the consul general role in New York.
Pierce was reportedly mulling a run for the Liberals in an upcoming B.C. byelection after former MP Jonathan Wilkinson announced he would be leaving Parliament, according to multiple media reports.
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