ormer ambassador to Libya to be assigned another diplomatic post
Canada's ambassador to Libya has left her post, but will likely emerge in another diplomatic role in another Arabic-speaking country.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is standing behind Sandra McCardell, still widely viewed as a rising star in Canada's foreign service, despite questions about a potential conflict of interest surrounding the business dealings of her husband.
In January, Mr. Baird assigned his deputy minister to conduct an internal conflict-of-interest review after he learned about the business connection of Ms. McCardell's husband to the former regime of dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
In February, the CBC reported that Ms. McCardell's husband was hired by the Montreal engineering firm SNC-Lavalin to work as part of a military-civilian engineering unit with the Gadhafi regime.
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