my lack of education hasn’t hurt me none
M despots, had ent givem up her plans a dame Hussein, the mother of all for world domination. Thwarted by the UN’s Non-negotiable Yearly Admission of the Naughtiness of Your Actions in Nuking Your Adversaries (UN NYA-NYA-NYA) and forced to dismantle her…
Congratulations — You’re Not Pregnant!
Jo you’re not pregnant, nor planning to be so soon. Why should vou care abou the new policy on maternity leave for government employees posted abroad? The policy also covers those adopting a child, and parental leave, which can be taken by…
Why Not An Ideal Canadian Foreign Policy?
In an earlier issue of bout de papier (Vol. 18, No. 2), we reprinted one of a series of papers from a “Re-Examination of Canadian Foreign Policy” that was initiated at the request of the minister, Lester B. Pearson, and under the…
All Rhodes Lead to Rome
historian Polybius, an enforced guest ol the Romans, chronicled how, in the space of half a century, Rome came to dominate the Oekumenie, the known world. At the start of his survey, the eastern Mediterranean was dominated by three great Hellenistic kingdoms,…
United Nations Jabberwocky
The following is a copy of a limerick of many years ago about the United Nations. It was found by Geoffrey Pearson among his father’s papers and submitted by William Barton, Senior Editorial Board member. They concluded that it must have been…
A Crocodile in the Pool: Tales of a Diplomat’s Wife in the Congo
Janet Ruddock’s odyssey from diplomatic spouse to author began one day in May of 1998 in a dusty North Toronto basement.
Ottawa Boy
Ottawa Boy by Lloyd Francis is informative, lively, interesting, and well-written: a really good read. It covers Lloyd’s life from his early years in Ottawa through his World War II service in the R.C.A.F. It then goes on to describe his political…
Open Secret: The Autobiography of the Former Director-General of MI5
I never met Stella Rimington. We have a number of things in common but we are of a different generation. She was born in 1935 and I in 1918. However, having read her delightful book, I very much wish we had met.…
Intelligence in the Cold War: Organisation, Role and International Cooperation
The paradigm shift which occurred on September I has led to a new reality which will likely have an enduring impact on the way foreign policy is conducted. During the last half century there have been a number of watersheds when foreign…
Bernard Brodie 1945–2002
Bernard Brodie was employed by the Public Service of Canada from1968 to 1996. He worked in the Departments of Employment and Immigration, Treasury Board of Canada and Foreign Affairs and International Trade. From 1996 to 2001 he was Principal of The Janiculum…
