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Many of these events involve not only the diplomats, but their families.

• A vice-consul of a Commonwealth country has been called home by his government after he was arrested, taken into custody and charged with assaulting his son.

That means he will not face charges here. But officials in his own country are requesting information from police here to see whether they should pursue action against him in his home country.

• An honorary consul was charged with assault for an incident at his own home. The document does not say who the victim was. The event happened earlier last year.

“As all consular officers in Canada are required to have a clear criminal record, Protocol is following this matter closely,” the report says. (The Office of Protocol is the office at Global Affairs dealing with diplomats here.)

In the meantime, the country represented by this honorary consul has made arrangements for another country to take over its consular functions here.

• More trouble on the home front: Two children of the high commissioner for a Commonwealth country got into such a serious fight that someone in their home had to call 9-1-1.

• There were several major driving offences. The son of one high commission official was charged with stunt driving for driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit. In another case, the son of an ambassador was stopped for speeding and suspended from driving for accumulating 15 or more demerit points. Global Affairs called his dad, who promised (in writing) that the youngster won’t get the keys again until his licence is returned.