Carneys plan to boost Canadas foreign service needs more details: union – National [Video]

Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to invest in Canada’s foreign service, arguing that diplomacy is becoming increasingly important in a dangerous world.

A union official representing foreign service officers and a senator who once served Canada overseas say they’re optimistic about Carney’s plans but they want to see the details.

The Liberal election platform said a Carney government would send “more Canadian diplomats and officials abroad” to expand trade and “restore Canadian leadership.”

It also said the Liberals would issue a “new, full foreign policy” and launch a complementary national security review.

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office said no additional details were available.

Carney is expected to name his new cabinet later this month.

Pamela Isfeld, president of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, said the union was happy to see the Liberal platform commit to enhancing diplomacy but now wants to know “how that is actually going to translate into …