Peter Boehm said the fact that the foreign service is now able to speak freely will help advance the feminist foreign policy of the current Trudeau Liberals.
"I don't want to get political, but I will for a moment. So for 10 years, anything that the foreign service was doing was suppressed in our country," Boehm said Friday during a panel discussion in Ottawa hosted by the United Nations Association of Canada.
The career public servant is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top adviser for the G7 leaders' summit he is hosting in Quebec this year, and where advancing gender equality and empowering women is a key theme.
"With the current government we have an opportunity to put our best foot forward to show what it is we can do, to highlight our professionalism and I think this is happening," Boehm said.
"This inspires the next generation."
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