On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson is joined by Dan LIvermore and Pam Isfeld to discuss a recent report of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, "More Than a Vocation: Canada's Need for a 21st Century Foreign Service".

You can find the report here: https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/441/AEFA/Reports/AEFA_ForeignServiceReport_Final_E.pdf

Participants' bios

- Dan Livermore is a former Canadian diplomat and an Honourary Senior Fellow at the University of Ottawa

- Pam Isfeld is the President and Chair of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers

Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Read & Watch:

- "The Negotiators" podcast from Foreign Policy Magazine: https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/negotiators/

- "Camelot and Canada: Canadian-American Relations in the Kennedy Era", by Asa McKercher: https://www.amazon.ca/Camelot-Canada-Canadian-American-Relations-Kennedy/dp/0190605057

- "The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada", by John Ibbitson: https://www.amazon.ca/Duel-Diefenbaker-Pearson-Making-Modern/dp/0771003269

Recording Date: December 19, 2023.

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.