Mes adieux à l’Afrique
Chers amis, Je vais passer aux aveux tout de suite. Oui, je suis ému, très ému. J’étais bien, même très bien avec vous. Si l’inverse n’a pas toujours été vrai, je m’en excuse sincèrement. Je reviendrai là-dessus tantôt.
Comments on Comments by the Foreign Service
John Starnes comments on Stephen Lewis’s comments on defence policy:
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…
NATO: Reviewed, Revised and Renewed
What I have to say about the review of Canada’s participation in NATO, following the election of the first Trudeau government in 1968, will be my personal recollections. They will be of a general character as befits a Minister. In the nature…
The Defence White Paper
Publication of the White Paper on Defence on June 5, 1987 signalled a welcome end to a period of neglect and decay in our Armed Forces spanning more than two decades. Although in the last ten years there have been occasional procurements…
Mr. Mackenzie King and the Onset of War, 1937-1941
by James A. Gibson
The Value of International Students to Canada
Can there be any doubt that hosting international students is beneficial to Canada? Yes, there can. Certainly the general public perception of international students is one of a “burden”, taking the place of Canadian students at the expense of Canadian taxpayers. In…
Letters // Correspondance
Editor,
Sport in Diplomacy
On October 28, 1987, pursuant to a decision by Cabinet, the Secretary of State for External Affairs formally announced the department’s intention to use sport actively as an instrument of cultural diplomacy. Joe Clark said that sport unites us more regularly than…
Le Canada et l’Otan
Depuis la seconde guerre mondiale, le Canada s’est délibérément et constamment appliqué à préserver et à promouvoir sa souveraineté, son indépendance, son identité et son influence en mettant l’accent, dans sa conduite internationale, sur l’interdependance des nations et des peuples et sur…
