DION NAMED ‘SPECIAL ENVOY’ TO EUROPEAN UNION

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says former Liberal leader Stéphane Dion will be Canadian ambassador to Germany — but not to the European Union and Europe, where he will now serve instead as a “special envoy.” The announcement comes three months after Trudeau put forward Dion’s name to serve as ambassador to both the EU as well as Germany, an unusual dual posting. Dion, who had been foreign affairs minister until he was shuffled out of cabinet earlier this year, is to take up his new positions later this month.