Cablegate: Nomination for Fy 2006 Ivlp Eu Rp On Foreign Policy

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271153Z May 05

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 OTTAWA 001589

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STATE

SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/W - EWILKES-SCOTT;
ECA/PE/V/R/E - CTITUS; WHA/PDA - JCARPENTER-ROCK;
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV
SUBJECT: Nomination for FY 2006 IVLP EU RP on FOREIGN POLICY
CHALLENGES - October 19-28, 2005, Ms. Qi Wang

REFERENCE: OTTAWA 1504

Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Qi Wang, Analyst, Borders
Task Force, Privy Council, Government of Canada for the
subject project. Ms. Wang has full country team approval.
EVDB-formatted nomination follows.

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VERSION: 3.0.7
POST-EMAIL: slw@pd.state.gov
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Ottawa
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 6540
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START NOMINATION:
ECA-OFFICE: E/VRE
PROG-AGENCY-NAME:
POST-PROJ-ID: 323
ECA-PROJ-NO:
PROJ-NAME: Wang, Qi - EU RP Foreign Policy Challenges
START MEMO PROJ-DESC:
EU RP on Foreign Policy Challenges
END MEMO PROJ-DESC:
PROJ-TYPE: Regional
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor
FY: 2006
DEPART-POST: 10/9/2005
SESSION-DATE:
RETURN-POST: 10/29/2005
NO-OF-PART: 1
RANK-ORDER: 1
START MEMO POST-OBJ:

END MEMO POST-OBJ:
START MEMO POST-RCMD:

END MEMO POST-RCMD:
ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1047
PROG-AGENCY-ID:
PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 6540
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 322158
STATUS: N
ORIGINATOR: P
SUBJ-DISC: Foreign Policy
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PREFIX: Ms.
F-NAME: Qi
M-NAME:
L-NAME: Wang
SUFFIX:
POSITION-CODE: 114
PRINCIPAL?: Yes
GENDER: F
DOB: 08/10/1978
MAR-STAT:
BIRTH-CITY: Changchun, Jilin
BIRTH-CNTRY: Peoples Republic of China
CITIZ-CNTRY: Canada
RES-CNTRY: Canada
START MEMO POSITION:
Analyst, Borders Task Force, Privy Council Office
END MEMO POSITION:
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:

END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
Policy Analyst, Department of Finance; Policy Analyst,
Treasury Board Secretariat (akin to OMB); Economic Policy
Analyst, Canadian International Development Agency.
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
START MEMO US-TRAVEL:
Some work travel over the past 12 months to Buffalo, NY;
Detroit, MI and Washington DC for one or two days each. NYC
and Boston for leisure
END MEMO US-TRAVEL:
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
People's Republic of China, France, Germany, Austria and
Cuba
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
START MEMO EDUCATION:
BA (Economics) McGill University; MA (Economics) Queen's
University
END MEMO EDUCATION:
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:
none
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS:
none
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS:
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID:
Dietary or medical considerations: None
Smoker/non-smoker: non-smoker

END MEMO SPEC-CONSID:
FIRST-LANG: English
ENGL-READ: 5
ENGL-SPEAK: 5
ENGL-COMP: 5
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OTHER-LANG: French
OTHER-LANG-ID: FR
READ: 4
SPEAK: 4
COMP: 4
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START OTHER-LANGS:
OTHER-LANG: Chinese (Mandarin)
OTHER-LANG-ID: CM
READ: 0
SPEAK: 0
COMP: 0
END OTHER-LANGS:
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ:

END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ:
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD:

END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD:
START MEMO VIS-OBJ:

END MEMO VIS-OBJ:
START MEMO VIS-REC:

END MEMO VIS-REC:
NOMINATING-OFFICER: Ottawa Econ/Bud Locklear
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
Since April 2004 Ms. Qi Wang has served as a Policy Analyst
within the Privy Council Office's Border Task Force, a group
that was created in the wake of 9-11 to provide direct
support to the Canadian Deputy Prime Minister on the U.S.-
Canada Smart Border Declaration and its associated Action
Plan. Ms. Wang works to develop advice and policy and to
coordinate horizontal border initiatives by Canadian
government departments with the view of advancing the
objectives of border security and facilitation.
The Borders Task Force, although small, plays a key role in
the management of the U.S.-Canada relationship along the
border; the Task Force's chief interlocutors in the USG are
at the White House (Homeland Security Council), DHS
Headquarters (Office of the Secretary) and the Embassy.
By increasing the knowledge and sophistication about the
United States among members of the Task Force we will help
ensure that U.S.-Canada relations on the key files of trade
and security benefit from a clear vision and understanding
of American policy, practice and interests.
Through the IVLP, we hope Ms. Wang will gain a more refined
sense of economic, political, security and social issues
facing the U.S.; the workings of the U.S. government; and
the myriad factors that influence U.S. foreign and domestic
policy. It is also her hope that the extended stay in the
U.S. will give her the opportunity to better experience
American culture and regional variations.
While Ms. Wang has had the opportunity to develop contacts
in the Government of the United States as a result of her
position at the Borders Task Force and her work takes her
across the border about once every six weeks, she considers,
and we agree, that she has had fairly limited exposure to
the United States. The business trips to the U.S.:
Washington DC, Detroit, Buffalo have been restricted to a
couple of days for the most part and not particularly
conducive to immersing oneself in American culture or
receiving sophisticated analysis of broad American
interests. In terms of personal travel, she has had the
chance to visit New York and Boston.
We fully expect that Ms. Wang will ascend to positions of
significant importance and influence in the Canadian
government.

END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
NOM-OFF: Embassy Ottawa
SPEAKER?: No
NOTIFY-EMB: No
MEDIA?: No
HOME-STAY: No
HOME-HOSP?: Yes
E-I-TYPE: ELEO
NOMINEE-ID: 494
PERSON-ID: 375
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CH
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CA
RES-CNTRY-ID: CA
FIRST-LANG-ID: EN
E-I-TYPE-ID: E
NOM-POST-ID: 6540
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 322158
NOM-STATUS: N
DS2019-ACTION: 1
DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.1001
SPONS-FUNDS: 0
SPONS-AGENCY1:
USGOVT-AGENCY1:
US-AGENCY-AMT1: 0
USGOVT-AGENCY2:
US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0
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COMMISSION: 0
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VIS-AMOUNT: 0
VIS-CAT: 5
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DICKSON, CHARGE

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