Robert A. (Bob) Grauer
Members of the Department of External Affairs were deeply saddened by the unexpected news of the death on Saturday, 7 March 1992, of Bob Grauer, one of our finest officers.
Excerpt from Red Tory Blues
Senator Heath Macquarrie was the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for the Prince Edward Island constituency of Hillsborough (still the dual riding of Queens when he was first elected in 1957) for over twenty years. He never became a cabinet minister, but…
The Department Under Scrutiny
In the excerpts below, the corporate problems of External Affairs and International Trade are attributed to internal and external factors. But there are signs of hope.
Spoils of Power: The Politics of Patronage
Canadian journalists are unquestionably better on the average today than used to be the case: better educated, better trained, and less likely to be party-lining hacks. But it is a rare journalist in Canada now or ever who has a genuine scholarly…
The Press on Patronage and the Foreign Service
The following article, from the Sudan Times, Khartoum, was re-printed recently in the American Foreign Service Journal: It is with interest that we note… a perceived lack of strength in the ranks of the career diplomats in the Foreign Service. We note…
Debasing the National Interest // Outrage à l’intérêt national
The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers views with outrage the proposed appointment of Patrick MacAdam to London. The appointment continues what has become a hallmark of the Mulroney Government – the abuse of diplomatic assignments. It also marks a further instance…
Not the Revue de Presse
Being snippets from the press that you are unlikely to see in the revue de presse.
In Case You Missed It
The column devoted to gleanings from the press and parliament on items of interest to the foreign service that one would not find in the Press Scan.
Sunday Morning
Jean Drapeau’s recent appointment as Canada’s Ambassador to UNESCO has revived criticisms of numerous such appointments by the Mulroney government. Appointment of the controversial, seventy-year-old politician, talented as he undoubtedly is in the field of municipal affairs, was the last straw.
What Manner of Men?
t was Carlyle who championed the biographical approach to history arguing that great events were really just the story of great men. Greatness is an elusive quality; many aspire to it but few succeed Trudeau’s long hold on office and many accomplishments…
