Foreign Affairs Department Alumni Call for ‘Major Restructuring’ of Federal Office: Report

Foreign Affairs Department Alumni Call for ‘Major Restructuring’ of Federal Office: Report
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks to reporters during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 14, 2022. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Alumni of the Foreign Affairs Department are calling for a “major restructuring” of the federal office due to unnecessarily high numbers of employees, many of whom do not speak a foreign language, says a report submitted to a parliamentary committee.

“The current situation in the department is dire,” wrote retired staff of the department, who are part of the Foreign Service Alumni Forum, in a submission to the Senate foreign affairs committee, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.