Imperial Twilight?

Imperial Twilight?

In past numbers of bout de papier, we have printed extracts from papers in the major project spearheaded by Escott Reid, a “Re-Examination of Canadian Foreign Policy (1951-52).” The intent of the series was to provide reference works as overall guidance for…

The Development of Postwar Canadian Trade Policy

The Development of Postwar Canadian Trade Policy

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Canada became ever more dependent on international trade for prosperity, with more and more of that commerce conducted with the United States. Though Canadian policy-makers wholeheartedly supported efforts to reconstruct international economic relations on…

Socialisms: Why Socialists Disagree — And What They Disagree About

Socialisms: Why Socialists Disagree — And What They Disagree About

According to Anthony Wright, the history of socialism is the story of a broad diversity of competing and substantively differing theories and movement all claiming to be socialist. In his brief introduction to the world of socialism, Wright focuses on the differences…