Foreign Affairs calls in RCMP to probe leak of ‘secret’ briefing doc on Canada’s waning clout
By Abbas Rana Oct. 5, 2015
Secret report prepared for top public servants warns of Canada’s diminishing influence at the world stage.
The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development has called in the RCMP to conduct an investigation into a leak last week to The Globe and Mail newspaper of an internal Foreign Affairs briefing document warning senior federal government insiders that Canada’s clout in the international community is diminishing.
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