

But Kate has determination and a good heart, and with all her political savvy - and a little clever interference - she'll figure out what it takes to make Red Dirt home. And whenever Kate messes up, the irritatingly right (and handsome) Hunter Price is there to witness it. A pro tip for moving to Texas: Don't slam the star quarterback's hand in a door. Her father's campaign gets off to a rough start.

None of her matchmaking efforts go according to plan. In response, Canada has added several hundred Russian names to its Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List, a list of 3,500 foreign nationals subject to specific sanction from the Government of Canada.Friday Night Lights meets Jane Austen's Emma in this wonderful novel about a big election, big games, the big state of Texas, and a little romance.Īs a Congressman's daughter in Washington, D.C., Kate Hamilton is good at getting what she wants - what some people might call "interfering." But when her family moves to West Texas so her dad can run in a special election, Kate encounters some difficulties that test all her political skills. Since the beginning of its all-out invasion of Ukraine, Russia has slapped persona non grata status on several hundred Canadians deemed to have sympathy for the Ukrainian cause (including several National Post writers, incidentally). The most notable example is an ever-expanding tit-for-tat sanctions list between Russia and Canada. The vast majority of persona non grata classifications handed out by Canada are levelled at figures who are not currently in the country, and probably had no plans to come here. Without the exequatur, the diplomat loses all their usual diplomatic protections and simply becomes a foreign national living in the country without a visa - and as such can be detained and deported. In 2012, absolutely every single Iranian consular official was declared persona non grata as part of Canada’s severing of diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.Īlthough it hasn’t happened within recent memory, if a diplomat refuses to leave voluntarily after a persona non grata classification, the next step is to withdraw their “exequatur” - another Latin term that essentially refers to Canada’s recognition of an individual’s consular status. Or, the diplomat will simply be a pawn caught up in a larger geopolitical row. “The Eritrean government is welcome to propose another candidate to represent it in Canada, but that person must be prepared to play by the rules,” wrote the foreign affairs ministry at the time. Micael over allegations that he was running a side hustle to shake down Eritrean-Canadians for money. In 2013, for instance, Canada kicked out Eritrean diplomat Semere Ghebremariam O. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
