Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds during question period in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, on Oct. 20, 2020.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending former Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner to represent Canada as the country’s consul-general in Boston.
Cuzner was an MP for Cape Breton for nearly 20 years but quit politics before the last federal election in 2019.
A consulate-general is a major diplomatic outpost, subordinate only to the main embassy in a foreign capital.
They’re mostly led by career diplomats but prominent former politicians such as former prime minister Kim Campbell and ex-NDP MP Joe Comartin have been tapped as well.
The Boston consulate-general serves Canadians in the northeastern United States and maintains relations with regional figures like state governors and business leaders.
Cuzner succeeds David Alward, a former premier of New Brunswick.
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