Marie Isabelle Massip is a Canadian diplomat who was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Canada to Liberia (presented her letters of credentials in August 2007). She was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Benin. In 2011, President
Laurent Gbagbo
Koudou Laurent Gbagbo , FPI website . ( Nicholas James Westcott after their respective governments said they would no longer recognize Gbagbo emissaries. Canada would not honor the expulsion with Foreign Minister
Lawrence Cannon
Lawrence Cannon, (born December 6, 1947) is a Canadian politician from Quebec and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Quebec lieutenant. In early 2006, he was made the Minister of Transport. On October 30, 2008, he relinquished oversight of T ...
saying "Canada has not received a request from the legitimate government of Mr
Alassane Ouattara
Alassane Dramane Ouattara (; ; born 1 January 1942) is an Ivorian politician who has been President of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) since 2010. An economist by profession, Ouattara worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)