Comments on Comments by the Foreign Service
John Starnes comments on Stephen Lewis’s comments on defence policy:
Temp Feaver
Herbert Frederick Brooks-Hill Feaver, known always to friends and acquaintances alike as Temp, died in Ottawa on January 11, 1988, at the age of 80. He had been ailing for some time, but his final illness was mercifully short.
Meeting Mahatma Gandhi
In June, 1947, Canada opened its first mission in India. On Dominion Day, the High Commissioner, John D. Kearney, with his Counsellor, Morley Scott, called upon Mahatma Gandhi. From Scott’s private papers, in the Archives of the University of British Columbia, comes…
The Canadian Residence in the Hague
Since the end of the Second World War, Canada and the Netherlands have enjoyed harmonious and close relations of a unique character. These are symbolized by an attractive well-located Chancery designed by a Canadian architect in the neo-classic or Beaux Arts style,…
Christoph Bertram on Future Foreign Policy Challenges
In March 1988 the Canadian Institute of International Affairs sponsored a conference in Ottawa on “Canadian Foreign Policy: Preparing For The 21st Century”. One of the concluding speakers was Christoph Bertram whose thoughtful observations about future international challenges warrant some careful consideration.…
Preparing for the 21st Century: New Realities in the Pacific
The present rules for international trade were not established by Pacific nations after World War II. But the countries of that region now play increasingly important roles in the world’s trade and investment. In recent years, the world’s financial markets have been…
TV Socko at the U.N.
Every time I hear another tirade about the evil and sinister pervasiveness of American cultural imperialism, I think back to some bizarre things that happened when Canada’s Lorne Greene showed up in New York in 1967 and asked me to show him…
“Haven’t We Met Before?”
“Oh, Lord,” I prayed, “give me the strength to do it all again.”
Canada’s Colleges: New Stars on the World Stage
For many years, the importance of our universities as a training resource for developing countries has been clearly understood both by our institutions and by government. It has only been in the last decade, however, that our colleges and technical institutes have…
Who Needs Diplomatic Training
Canada, like the U.K., recruits university graduates for its diplomatic service and trains them on the job. In contrast, a number of European, Asian, African and Latin American countries have specialized institutes or programs for training diplomats both on entry into the…
