Global Affairs Canada will focus on four integrated priorities to advance the government’s international agenda in 2016-17. In delivering on these priorities, the department will collaborate closely with other federal entities and provincial, territorial, and municipal governments, and engage constructively with a diversity of Canadian and international stakeholders. It will ensure the highest standards of service to Canadians, particularly those requiring consular assistance abroad. The department will more fully integrate its policy, program and public affairs capacities and will ensure that its workforce reflects gender equity and diversity at home and abroad.