Oriental Carpets — A Very Good Year
One of the signs of the times is every appearance in our newspapers of a sustained interest in Oriental rugs. Almost any daily carries advertisements offering to purchase rugs, particularly antique examples, with little regard for condition. Specialized auctions are frequently advertised.…
Brasilsat
En 1985, une fusée Ariane lance depais le centre spatial de Kourou en Guyane française mit sur orbite le premier de deux satellites brésiliens destinés à répondre aux besoins en télécommunications de ce pays.
Robert Ford
Robert Ford, Canada’s Ambassador to Moscow for more than 16 years, expert in East/West relations and Russian poetry, and recipient of the Governor General’s medal for poetry for his work “A Window on the North”, has retired from the diplomatic service and…
Free Trade and Economic Diversification
A after years of argument, I think it is now agreed that Canada needs to diversify its economy and that reliance on primary products needs to be balanced by greater competitiveness in the growth sectors of high value-added goods and tradeable services.
Win, Lose or Draw
“Here we go again,” I thought as tentacles of persecution wiggled their tips around in my mind. “Just once I wish they’d stick up for us.”
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Bout de Papier:
A Foreign Service Act?
Has the time come for a Foreign Service Act?
Portrait of an Issue
The debate over closer economic links with the United States is as important to Canadians as was the debate over constitutional patriation and revision. Once again, Canada’s foreign service will be playing a leading role in seeking to secure an agreement on…
