Canadian Ambassador to US Resigns
He had the position for less than a year, but two days after the fall of the Liberal Party as government and the resignation of Paul Martin as the party's leader, Canada's Ambassador to the US, Frank McKenna, has resigned.
He has informed prime minister-designate Stephen Harper of his decision, Canadian Embassy officials in Washington said Wednesday.
In his two-page letter to Harper, McKenna asked to be relieved of his duty, adding he shared a mutual commitment to Canada with Harper and that he would have had no difficulty working with a Conservative government.
However, "he believes that it would compromise the position of the ambassadorship" were he to stay on[.]
The position is historically appointed by the Prime Minister, and many political observers have commented that McKenna's future prospects in the position were already in question.
It does, coincidentally, open up the former Liberal premier of New Brunswick to pursue the possibility of becoming the new leader of the Liberal party.
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