Traduction de «Chefs de mission canadiens à l'étranger 1880-1989 » (Français → Anglais) :

Canadian Heads of Post Abroad 1880-1989

I want you to be very much assured that all of our heads of mission around the world, particularly in these sorts of countries, have marching orders to defend Canadian values, security and our national interests, including travelling Canadians, on the consular side, and business people on the trade side.

Finally, in administration, I want to note that when I was head of mission in London, I was enormously impressed with the dedication and commitment of the staff, both locally engaged—this is one of the untold stories of Canada, that we have these foreign nationals who work for us, who do a brilliant and wonderful job—as well as the Canada-based staff who administer the system.

The role of a head of mission is as always to integrate and coordinate all of the Canadian government's presence abroad and to provide services to Canadians overseas.

Question No. 446 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the current pandemic of new influenza A (H1N1): (a) what is the key leadership shown by the organizational reporting chart, from the two lead ministries, the Public Health Agency of Canada and Public Safety Canada, through to the deputy ministers; (b) what is the decision-making process to determine which of the two ministries leads on issues; (c) what, if any, funding requests have been made by government departments for pandemic planning since the beginning of the pandemic in Canada; (d) what, if any, additional funding is required to ensure all government departments have tested their H1N1 plans and rolled them out to their employees; (e) what, if any, specific agreements have been ...[+++]signed with the provinces and territories, and which, if any, agreements still need to be signed; (f) what are the government’s identified critical services, what is the decision-making process to reduce services if required, and who has responsibility for these decisions; (g) how will the government acquire and distribute medical countermeasures if required; (h) what guidance is being provided to foreign missions, including consulates, embassies, high commissions and trade offices, and what is the decision-making process to reduce services, or repatriate staff; (i) what guidance is being provided to the Canadian Forces, including the army, the air force and the navy, and what recommendations are being made for military personnel; (j) with regard to recommendations being made to the Canadian Forces and military personnel concerning vaccinations, what processes are in place to (i) re-evaluate policies as required, (ii) ensure legal compliance and respect ethical considerations, (iii) ensure protection of our troops in Afghanistan; (k) on what date was the pandemic vaccine ordered, and what, if any, effect did having only one supplier, or the decision to use adjuvant, had on the delivery date for the H1N1 vaccine; (l) what, i ...