I suppose this is good news, I shouldn't be such a crank - and I am all about taking a chance and trying to do the right thing...yet...staying a week and no one else knew?

Mr. Grinius is expected to stay in North Korea for at least a week to meet mostly with foreign affairs officials. Although Mr. Grinius is Canada's ambassador to South Korea, he is also Canada's envoy to the North, with whom Canada has a suspended diplomatic relationship... Federal officials conceded yesterday that Canada's effort is essentially an individual one, although the country also supports efforts to kick-start the so-called Six Party talks between North Korea and the U.S., Russia, China, Japan and South Korea...A federal official conceded that not all of the big players on the file knew that Canada was going to act. For example, a Japanese spokesman said today he wasn't aware of the move, although Mr. Harper did tell Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the action during a tete-a-tete today.

I would think the guy in charge of the country with the nutters aiming missiles at it might have had a moment of "WTF?!?" when told. But upon being told that the deal was hatched by a person with an accommodating Masters degree, you know, some smart and all, well there must have been some smiles all around then.