{"id":450132,"date":"2026-02-03T00:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450132\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:40:08","slug":"toronto-mp-bill-blair-resigns-to-become-high-commissioner-to-u-k-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450132\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto MP Bill Blair resigns to become high commissioner to U.K. &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6wFBVV95cUxNWF9ZSFZ5WVUyanN1R2h0S1lEOG9Ib1BiNlh3YWxIaThoN2lYU0RGeTJkc2NoSlVramdpUVZneVdhOVBMaEJiSmpWU0V4eU9SWmdMMW5HeUFzcTlxVndCR1NLT0dhb2NQWlNyVU1VbGFXdEhHYmxiY3pCaFNyWkJ5bmxYZ2Zfa2RQREJqVlBNSFk3cmFLMGZiOFRkcWdRYmJac2xxaFNPSjU4SEZKV2Z0VFZQUUFaNm4tbng2V2NaWUxiTFFpeFFaOUJQVGxxZDFzZloxQ1AtaGZaYjZmMlU0NXRmQmtaeGNYMFdB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toronto MP Bill Blair resigns to become high commissioner to U.K.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPTzFpZUd3WnlsenIzUDlFdkstcnFUSkE5aTlaTTJjUG1INlFfaFZzV3d4ci1kTDJYS2QwbDZ1VFZxRXFDSU5FWkNFM1A4bDR5M3JqWkNfUG1BdVZYRUt6dlZYQ3FMTnQ1THJXX1VRU2RyS3lXMkh6NUtEUENNcjVtVEJpeUZGYUtMbmlfc0JoSnBPdDh6TG1WbDZLWVBBb3MzcWdKdG5SeWo5bXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Longtime Liberal MP Bill Blair appointed Canada\u2019s high commissioner to the U.K.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQM2JaRjVKVjd0QmxXZ1NtdmY1Q2tNNXFZdkdfUE5QR1NmQmE4dzlXN3REU2hNaVlFbHpjczBsTTJ5U21HbWp3RFExcmgwSEhjMmJIX2VFU0hWWXgzZlR3MDljQm05TUhUMm9PdmFJR3FFZWMyN0tIMFFGNW1MLXFKVkVFdDI0dXpIQ0Vtd19WSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former minister Bill Blair appointed to diplomatic post, resigns as MP<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQVWtwYlZtYlhDWnlmNjhjR1ZQblN2d1UzbVNUcjU5ZGRieE5pOUJRSWQyd3IxakdKcXVxYThHYVdlVzhMaGNTWDgtTzhHaFlXUXl0ZFIzYTRHeVZRdjl4ZVdQN0x3MC1ZV21zeElSVmVBSFJScDNXZF9oOFFpY3JaNXpoZXVGN2U0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Blair to resign Toronto seat, become next high commissioner to U.K.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxNRDFIZld1dkw4bUlsSmh3c21oVEsxclFsZElCUDMydk15czYzZi04QXlseHVlcjJZZWVWeUlXUFpCNmxTTVZkMVE3eXJPX0xjb0o0ZDN1YllnZGpGQUF5Q0xQYXZwYV9VdE92Z0lHSXFIODF3bkRuRVZ0NnpqbW9Sdg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Honourable Bill Blair<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;pm.gc.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto MP Bill Blair resigns to become high commissioner to U.K.&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarLongtime Liberal MP Bill Blair appointed Canada\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-450132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}