FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC
D Essex Mackinaw, world’s driest lawyer, sat stiffly in a chair across the table. He emptied his briefcase one file at a time, arranging them squarely in front of him. “Thank you for agreeing to this meeting, Mr. Dikk,” he started. “Please…
What in the world (and in Ottawa) is the Department of External Affairs doing?
Canada’s foreign ministry was trying to cope with a prime minister who openly questioned its role, its commitment to the government’s agenda, its effectiveness and whether its results justified the expenses associated with international diplomacy. At the same time, it was unsure…
The Hungry Diplomat
Food is arguably one of the world’s most important and ubiquitous diplomatic tools. Many items we eat and drink have a storied past, political importance or trade significance. This column explores one food, drink or ingredient at a time.
A Quiet Kill
A QUIET KILL: A FORSYTH AND HAY MYSTERY, by Janet Brons, TouchWood Editions, 2014, 192 pp., $14.95.
Don’t Tell the Newfoundlanders
NEWFOUNDLAND’S CONFE- DERATION WITH CANADA, by Greg Malone, 2012, Viking Canada Edition [2014], Toronto, 314 pp., $22.00.
Paul Dingledine
Paul became a Trade Commissioner in 1970 after completing a BA in Economics and an MBA at McMaster University. He worked for a year in the UK before joining the Foreign Service. I first met him in the early 1980s, shortly after…
Lien de parenté et point commun : l’Islande et les îles Féroé
Le Canada et les peuples de l’Atlantique Nord partagent une affinité incontestable — un climat
Living on Adrenalin
Canadian Immigration Foreign Service Officers, tasked with saving a large number of Indochinese refugees, conducted a humanitarian effort of enormous scale in circumstances
The War’s Aftermath and Canada’s Compassionate Response
In the spring of 1975, North Vietnam, through its proxy the Viet Cong, redoubled its attack against fatally weakened South Vietnam. Saigon fell on the last day of April. Meanwhile the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and the Pathet Lao in Laos won…
Remembering the Indochinese Refugee Movement
Note de la redaction: Pour souligner le 40° anniversaire de la « chute » de Saigon a la fin d’une guerre particulièrement triste au Vietnam et dans la region, bout jette un regard sur le rendement extraordinaire de nos missions et de…
