Philippine Ambassador-designate to Canada Leslie B. Gatan paid a pre-accreditation courtesy call on Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister (Asia) and Chief Trade Commissioner Peter McGovern in Ottawa on 16 September 2011.
Also present during the call were DFAIT Director General for South, Southeast Asia and Oceania Kenneth Macartney, Director for Southeast Asia and Oceania Lisa Rice Madan, and Political Officer (Philippines) Annie Lessard.
The call afforded the Philippines and Canada an opportunity to discuss Canada's Asia policy and priority areas of bilateral cooperation.