Canada–Australia Consular Services Sharing Agreement

The Canada–Australia Consular Services Sharing Agreement (French: Entente de partage des Services consulaires Canada – Australie) is a bilateral agreement between the governments of Australia and Canada for each country to provide consular assistance to citizens of the other in situations which are from time to time agreed between the two countries.[1] The consular services are available in identified locations where only one country has diplomatic representation.[2]

This agreement has been in place since 7 August 1986 when the Right Honourable Joe Clark, P.C., M.P., Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada and the Honourable Bill Hayden, M.P., Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia exchanged notes to create the agreement. The agreement was renewed in 2001, specifying in particular 14 Canadian posts[3] (mostly in West African and the Latin American countries[3]) and 13 Australian delegations (mainly in the South Pacific), where consular services are shared.[1]

Background

Canada and Australia are considered as countries with a number of similarities. According to history of two countries, both were used to be the colonies of the Great Britain in the 18th century. Started from 1867, British colonies including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, India became the dominion of the Britain respectively, with each countries became autonomous communities and each dominion could not subordinate the others. [4] Until recently, only Australia, Canada and New Zealand remain the state of dominion which are united by the allegiance of the Crown while other dominions have already became independent, all the past colonies were members of British Commonwealth of Nations. [5] Due to the similar history, Australia and Canada has developed close relationship with each other and cooperate in many aspects.

Australian Missions

Canadians can seek consular assistance from the following Australian diplomatic missions:

Canadian missions

Australians can seek consular assistance from the following Canadian diplomatic missions:

See also

References
  1. "Canada-Australia Consular Services Sharing Agreement". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. "Auditor-General—Audit reports for 2014-15—No. 21—Performance audit—Delivery of Australia's consular services: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade". Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. "Committee Report No. 21 - FAAE (42-1) - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  4. Forsey, Eugene A. (7 November 2019). "Dominion of Canada". Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12 February 2021. The term Dominion — that which is mastered or ruled — was used by the British to describe their colonies or territorial possessions.
  5. Firth, Stewart (1 March 2011). Australia in international politics: an introduction to Australian foreign policy. NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 9781742692555.


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