{"id":942541,"date":"2026-10-22T21:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/942541\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:40:12","slug":"ottawa-tells-its-diplomats-not-to-meet-with-u-s-midterm-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/942541\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa tells its diplomats not to meet with U.S. midterm candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Canadian diplomats were directed this week not to meet with or attend events with candidates in the U.S. midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Glen Linder, assistant deputy minister for the Americas at Global Affairs Canada, sent a memo midday Tuesday to members of the foreign service in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The memo, which was obtained by The Canadian Press, says if diplomats find themselves \u201cin the same physical space\u201d as a candidate or elected official, they should avoid being photographed or having their name or position appear in any public communications materials.<\/p>\n<p>The memo says those instructions are similar to those in place during election periods in Canada, when public servants are expected to avoid contact with elected officials except in exceptional circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>The memo comes as the Trump administration accuses Canadian politicians of interfering in American elections.<\/p>\n<p>While Prime Minister Mark Carney has disputed the suggestion of Canadian interference, the memo says that, given \u201cheightened sensitivity,\u201d the department must take a \u201cvery risk-averse approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792705212_49_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Canadian diplomats were directed this week not to meet with or attend events with candidates in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,47,20739,714],"class_list":["post-942541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-national","tag-ottawa","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942541","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=942541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}