Russian embassy complaints show tricky business of protecting diplomats

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Russia's recent complaints about its Ottawa embassy being blocked by protesters and attacked with a Molotov cocktail shed light on the tricky balance Canada faces in protecting diplomatic missions.

"We have an unquestioned responsibility," said Roy Norton, who served as Canada's protocol chief from 2016 to 2019, overseeing the security of diplomatic missions within Canada.Complete coverage of the war in Ukraine

"I wouldn't say that embassies exaggerate their fears, but they are going to err, quite naturally, on the side of caution," Norton said. The Israeli embassy says it will often reach out to Canadian officials when events in the Middle East are more likely to produce a security threat to its staff abroad.Earlier in his career, he was posted to Canada's missions in Washington, D.C., Detroit and Chicago. He was working in Chicago on Oct. 22, 2014, the day a gunman killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the Canadian National War Memorial in Ottawa and stormed Parliament Hill.

Collette still continued his work and was driven around Manila in an official car that had a Canadian flag to demonstrate the country still had a presence. The Philippine government provided an officer to follow him 24/7. They check if embassies feel they have adequate security, and if there are any upcoming days that might merit more police resources, such as certain holidays or anniversaries of difficult events.

 

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Maybe they should go home.

Expel them and we don't need to protect them, problem solved.

This is hilarious you think you know what's going on in Russia you don't even know what's going on in Canada unless you're paid and you still can't tell the truth.

Why are they still in Canada?

Expel them.

F off Ruskie trash!

They should try protecting the Blackfaced sex offender who literally can't show his face in public! 🤣

Why don't u stay with z truth! Russia may have been an invader but their embassys are being vandalized n written racist words on the wall!Don't encourage these kind of vagrant act it is an acceptable regardless!

Russian diplomats are far safer here than in Putin's Russia. That is a fact.

Funny how when the media makes villains of a group of people that the sheep want to see heads roll. Humans are the same as they have always been throughout history. We just have better tech.

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