Roy William Blake
A graduate in agriculture from the University of Saskatchewan, Roy worked with livestock firms for a number of years before joining the Canadian Army, with which he served in England and Italy where he was wounded at Ortona in 1944. He joined…
The Next Generation
Marie Stamp surveys the Class of ’94 to give us a glimpse of the profile of the Trade Commissioners of the second century.
Early Days in the Life of a Trade Commissioner’s Family
Seventy years ago, what was it like for the family of a Trade Commissioner in Japan? James Langley lets his mind wander back to those far off days.
Human Rights and Trade Relations: A Personal Commentary
The Tiananmen Massacre in 1989. The Canadian Ambassador to China at this time remembers how the crisis was managed and offers his own personal views on human rights and trade relations.
John Short Larke, the first Trade Commissioner
TCS: John Larke was Canada’s first professional Trade Commissioner, appointed in 1894. He set a course for the generations of the first hundred years of the Trade Commissioner Service.
Into the Future
The completion of the Uruguay Round and the implementation of NAFTA in augur the second century for our Trade Commissioner Service. Andrew Griffith looks at the ongoing evolution of the TCS and points out directions for the next century.
The Importance of Not Being External
Minister MacLaren leads the International Trade portfolio of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Trade Commissioner Service into the next century. After almost one year as Minister and many years thinking about trade and economic issues as a…
Ethnic Massacres and Refugee Tides
Burundi and Rwanda — Hutu and Tutsi Hatred. Presidential Assassinations. Ethnic Slaughter. Two tides of refugees into Tanzania.
Letters // Correspondance
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Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
A year of anniversaries. Take a Trade Commissioner to lunch or better yet have him or her take you to lunch.
