Trudeau Appoints Former Cabinet Minister Bennett as Canada’s Ambassador in Denmark

Published on January 17, 2024

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that former Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett is to become Canada’s new ambassador in Denmark. Ms. Bennett submitted her resignation as the member of Parliament for Toronto-St. Paul’s on Jan. 16, paving the way for her new diplomatic appointment to proceed. She will replace Denis Robert, who has been the ambassador in Copenhagen since 2021. Ms. Bennett represented the riding for the Liberals for more than 26 years and spent a decade of those in cabinet. She was Canada’s first minister of state for public health in former prime minister Paul Martin’s government and also served as minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and minister responsible for mental health and addictions....