Puzzler’s Block — Out to Lunch with A Aalto
The word spread like wildfire around bout de papier — A Aalto had puzzler’s block! Deadlines were drawing tight, migraines were drawing tighter, but still no puzzle from Hell, Norway. Everything was tried — injections with extract of Boolean algebra, dropping him…
The United States and the Origins of the Cuban Revolution: An Empire of Liberty in an Age of National Liberation
Fidel Castro’s social revolution struggles to survive, no longer able to rely on the unstinting support it has depended on for thirty years from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. There, socialism has vanished in the twinkling of an historical eye. How…
Historical Sketches of Ottawa
At first glance, Historical Sketches of Ottawa seems to fill an important gap in the body of work written on our fair Capital city. If we consider the concept and content of old favourites like Robert Haig’s well-illustrated and highly readable historical…
Canada : Je t’aime / I Love You
Roch Carrier fait partie de ces écrivains qui maîtrisent tellement bien la langue qu’on ne s’en aperçoit pas. Les phrases coulent doucement, en portant leurs images et leurs histoires, sans la moindre aspérité, avec l’enchantement d’une musique familière. Carrier est un de…
Unfinished Journey: The Lewis Story
Through its long association with the CCF and the NDP, the Lewis family has had a profound and enduring influence on Canadian political life. In Unfinished Journey, Cameron Smith, a former managing editor of the Globe and Mail, recounts with obvious enthusiasm…
The Arctic: Choices for Peace & Security, A Public Inquiry
On occasion, books written on current topics are redundant by the time they arrive on the shelf. Sadly, this is one case where the subject continues to be of major importance in the long term, but the arguments seem quite dated because…
A New Promotions System: The 6.0 Solution
In a move that has caught many observers off-guard, the Department of External Affairs and International Trade and the Canadian Ice Skating Federation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding exchanging their rating systems.
Exercise Your Rights
Members should now have received a copy of the new FS Collective Agreement. If not, you may obtain one from ABE (Employee Relations) which is responsible for its distribution. Please review the changes in the new contract to become familiar with the…
Consular Christening
As a new Foreign Service Officer, I looked forward to my first foreign assignment — a training mission to a tropical island nation. As a diplomat-in-training, my trip in late March was not intended for pleasure, a fact I could not long…
Planning for Your 1992 Income Taxes
Today may seem a bit early to worry about your 1992 income tax. However, this is probably the very best time, while the pain of 1991’s sins and omissions is still fresh in your mind, to look into what changes you should…
