Canada’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to UN to visit Guyana today

The High Commission of Canada to Guyana on Tuesday announced that Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York, Robert Rae (Bob Rae), will be on an official visit to Guyana today.
During this visit, Ambassador Rae will be meeting with President Dr Irfaan Ali; Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Hugh Todd, and Caricom Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett, along with other key stakeholders.
According to the High Commission of Canada, Ambassador Rae will engage with Guyana, a newly elected member of the United Nations Security Council, on shared regional and multilateral priorities; and will also be discussing the Canada-Caricom collaboration on Haiti and other regional issues, as a follow-up to the recent Canada-Caricom Summit which was hosted by Canada’s Prime Minister the Honourable Justin Trudeau.
“Canada reaffirms its commitment as a longstanding friend and partner to Guyana, and will continue to work with Guyana bilaterally and multilaterally on priority areas,” a release from the High Commission on Tuesday evening stated.
Ambassador Rae is the former Premier of Ontario, and the former interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was elected 11 times to federal and provincial parliaments between 1978 and 2013. He stepped down as a member of Parliament in 2013 in order to return to legal practice, to work with Indigenous communities, and to continue his work in education, governance, and human rights.
Ambassador Rae is a Privy Councillor, a Companion of the Order of Canada, and a member of the Order of Ontario. He has numerous awards and honorary degrees from institutions in Canada and around the world, and has been Ambassador of Canada to the UN since 2020.