Our Forgotten Anniversary
China’s leaders speak with missionary zeal of the significance of the ‘Long March’ in their country’s unification, and this year celebrate its 50th anniversary. Americans derive national inspiration from the observance of their Declaration of Independence. Canadians could recall a less dramatic…
Roger Rousseau
Tous ceux qui ont connu Roger Rousseau ont été attristés d’apprendre son décès le 26 septembre dernier à l’âge de 65 ans.
Robert K. Joyce
There can be few Canadians involved in international economic diplomacy in the past 20 years who did not have the good fortune to cross paths with Bob Joyce. Diplomacy is an art which comes only with difficulty to most officers trained in…
Bruce Rankin
Bruce Rankin loved the Foreign Service. He used to say that its members were a breed apart — able to adjust quickly to new cultures and to deal imaginatively and flexibly with a huge range of issues and problems. Bruce cared very…
The View from the Tenth Floor
Elder
Lest we forget
Before we Canadians become too self-satisfied about the manner in which we are planning to teach the South Africans how to deal with their native peoples by creating Bantustans, let us just reflect on the manner in which we have been treating…
The Foreign Policy Review
The Special Joint Parliamentary Committee on Canada’s International Relations completed a year-long study of Canadian foreign policy in June. We asked two former foreign service officers, Don Munro and John Roberts, who went on to have distinguished careers as parliamentarians for their…
Ode (of sorts) to a pot bellied stove
bout de papier, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1986) — Winter 1986 // Hiver 1986, p. 11 My name, you’ll see, is Dandy!And I’m sure I’ll come in handy.Tue been cast about a life-timeBut now I’m in my secondprime:Still of use, handsome too,Worth full ten times originalvalue.Being now antique to boot,My pedigree is absolute!*(Cast in 1893 […]
Free Trade and Economics
Generally, academic economists are very supportive of free trade because it will increase per capita income. Contrary to the generally held public view of the matter, tariffs cannot increase employment or demand for goods.
Pardy’s Corner
L east Thursday was October 9, a normal, breezy Canadian fall day. The kind of day that demands decisions regarding jackets and gloves — to wear or not to wear; to wear now and carry later.
