OTTAWA — Bureaucrats working for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had diplomats push Denmark to speed up the appointment of former cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett as ambassador to that country — a change most embassy staff learned of through a media leak.

The government has not offered a rationale for asking Denmark to expedite its approval of Bennett’s appointment, which came a week before her resignation as MP. In a major upset, the Liberals lost Bennett’s former seat of Toronto-St. Paul’s in a byelection last year.

Staff at the embassy in Copenhagen learned of the change through a January 2024 email that a manager accidentally sent to the general inbox.{ai:summary}<p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's administration pressured Denmark to expedite the appointment of Carolyn Bennett as ambassador, a decision revealed to most embassy staff via a media leak. The government has not provided a reason for the urgency, following Bennett's resignation as MP after a byelection loss. </p><p>#politics</p>

Privy Council had diplomats urge Denmark to expedite Carolyn Bennett’s ambassadorship

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