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NEWS RELEASES
October 7, 2005 (1:15 p.m. EDT)
ERRATUM
In news release number 177, dated October 6, 2005, DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS,
the biography of Mr. Oak should have read as follows:
Brian Oak (BA Honours [Soviet and East European Studies], Carleton University, 1973;
MA [International Affairs], Carleton University, 1978) joined the Department of Industry,
Trade and Commerce (ITC) in 1978 and has served abroad in Prague, Washington,
Santiago and Quito. In Ottawa, he served in the Western Europe Division, ITC; and at
the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in the Eastern Europe
Division, the United States Trade Development Division and the Japan Division. From
2000 to 2003, he was Director of the Policy and Strategic Planning Division of the Trade
Commissioner Service, and subsequently was appointed Executive Assistant to the
Deputy Minister of International Trade. Mr. Oak is currently Canada’s Ambassador to
the Republic of Ecuador. He and his wife Lydia have two sons, Jason and Adrian. Mr.
Oak succeeds Malcolm McKechnie.
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For further information, media representatives may contact:
Sébastien Théberge
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851
Media Relations Office
Foreign Affairs Canada
(613) 995-1874
http://www.international.gc.ca
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