Canada’s ambassador to Estonia currently resides in Latvia and is also accredited to Lithuania. As the report cites for this case, “such a network spreads Canada’s resources and capacity too thin and makes strategies, particularly the promotion of commercial interests, less effective. While the Committee recognizes that Canada’s financial and diplomatic resources are limited, it also believes that such constraints should not compromise the pursuit of Canadian international priorities.”
As Canada has made the Baltic region a priority through closer NATO cooperation and sharing a free trade agreement, EKN calls on the Government to put in place the needed diplomatic infrastructure.
EKN is nationally elected by Canadians of Estonian heritage. The Council represents the interests of the Estonian community in Canada and works to support them. It represents the Estonian Canadian community with all levels of government in Canada, Estonia and elsewhere.
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Estonian Central Council in Canada
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