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bout de papier, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1985) — Summer 1985 // Été 1985, p. 39 Captions please: If it matters, it’s a shot from Canada’s book exposition in Paris View the original scanned pages → Originally published in bout de papier, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1985) — Summer 1985 // Été 1985, p. 39. […]
Our Summer Puzzle
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The Making of a Peacemonger
I unhesitatingly commend to Bout de papier readers — of whatever vintage and stream — that they read George Ignatieff’s shortish book. First, it is a highly entertaining and witty “good read” – quite a rarity among memoirs dealing with Canada’s foreign…
Breaking with Moscow
This is an important book, and perhaps especially so for those in and beyond Ottawa who prefer to see the world exclusively through North/South rather than East/West prisms.
Professional Committee Report
The PAFSO Professional Committee’s 1984-1985 season closed with a flurry of events, including two evening seminars (on the future of the Foreign Service and on the Green Paper) and a long roster of major Breakfast Seminar speakers: four departmental deputy ministers; representatives…
Implications of Stream Review
The following paper was submitted by the PAFSO Executive to management.
Foreign Service Contract Update
For the first time ever PAFSO has gone to arbitration. Despite strong efforts over the past months by the PAFSO bargaining team in more than 13 contract negotiation meetings with representatives of Treasury Board and the Department of External Affairs, agreement has…
Directives sur le service extérieur
Les consultations relatives à la révision triennale des directives sur le service extérieur se sont terminées par une impasse. Les parties représentées au sein du comité n’ont pu en arriver à un consensus eu égard aux DSE16 Honoraires de ventes d’immeuble et…
Today’s Diplomacy – Part II
In our last issue John Halstead looked at the perils of contemporary diplomacy. He concludes his piece on Today’s Diplomacy with a look at the qualities required by the current diplomat diplomat.
Penny Pinching External — Regulations Must Prevail
Readers of Bout de papier should not assume that with the passing of Agnes McCloskey, the autocrat of External’s early finances and administration (see Bout de papier December, 1983), the department ceased to be preoccupied each waking moment with saving every possible…
