diplomats

Paul Wells: Canada needs new ambassadors in Beijing and Paris, and the career diplomats are likely to face stiff competition from political appointees

Scott Gilmore: They may be the only documents in any government’s archives worth reading—being disarmingly frank, entertainingly worded, often shocking, and occasionally even funny.

Canada is removing four Russian diplomats in solidarity with the U.K. Here’s how Ottawa expels them—and makes sure they actually leave.

Paul Wells on the potential for a strike by foreign-service officers