‘To Barbados… with love, from Canada’ by High Commissioner of Canada H.E. Lilian Chatterjee | The Bajan Reporter

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‘To Barbados… with love, from Canada’ by High Commissioner of Canada H.E. Lilian Chatterjee | The Bajan Reporter

As I end my diplomatic career as Canada’s High Commissioner and return to Ottawa, I do so with enormous gratitude and pride for the privilege Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bestowed on me over the past seven years to represent Canada to Guyana, Suriname and CARICOM (2017-2020) and to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint […]

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