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Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly responds to questions as Public Safety Minister Marco Mendocino listens during a news conference to announce Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy in Vancouver on Nov. 27, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
The federal government has named Ian McKay, Canada’s current ambassador to Japan, to also serve as Canada’s special envoy to the Indo-Pacific region.
Global Affairs said in an April 19 news release that Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly named McKay to the role in order to advise the federal government, as well as take part in diplomatic missions in the Indo-Pacific and advance the implementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy.
