Marie Isabelle Massip

{{short description|Canadian diplomat}}

Marie Isabelle Massip is a Canadian diplomat who was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Canada to Liberia (presented her letters of credentials in August 2007).{{cite web |title=Canadian and Israeli Ambassadors Present Letters of Credence |url=https://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=361&related=7&pg=sp |website=Executive Mansion |publisher=Government of Liberia |access-date=3 December 2020}} She was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Benin.{{cite web |title=Diplomatic Appointments |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2006/07/diplomatic-appointments.html |website=Government of Canada |access-date=3 December 2020}} In 2011, President Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivory Coast expelled Massip and British Ambassador Nicholas James Westcott after their respective governments said they would no longer recognize Gbagbo emissaries.{{cite news |title=Incumbent Ivory Coast President Expels British, Canadian Ambassadors |url=https://www.voanews.com/africa/incumbent-ivory-coast-president-expels-british-canadian-ambassadors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805234434/https://www.voanews.com/africa/incumbent-ivory-coast-president-expels-british-canadian-ambassadors |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |access-date=3 December 2020 |publisher=VOA |date=January 5, 2011}} Canada would not honor the expulsion with Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon saying "Canada has not received a request from the legitimate government of Mr Alassane Ouattara to terminate our ambassador's functions."{{cite news |title=Canada won't honour Ivory Coast expulsion |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/canada-wont-honour-ivory-coast-expulsion/news-story/09f6390ec5901b6efb1238007bdf0487 |access-date=3 December 2020 |publisher=The Australian |date=January 7, 2011}}