A Canadian Visitor in Moscow, 1952
he death of Pierre Elliott Trudeau — and subsequent recollections of his life and times – reminds us that he was a bold and inquisitive traveller long before his tenure as a national and international statesman. Some veterans of the foreign service…
Meet Paul Martin Sr.
Editor’s Note: John Hadwen is a retired foreign service officer and a member of the editorial board of bout de papier. The circumstances of his first appointment as head of post — as High Commissioner to Malaysia and Singapore as well as…
We Must Safeguard Canada’s Image
As I follow the news in the print and electronic media these days, I must fight a tendency towards a feeling of gloom about the state of our public institutions.
Prime and Other Ministers
For a party in power, the timing of a change in leadership can be an awkward and vexatious question, particularly when the Prime Minister seems determined to use his discretion to choose the precise moment of his departure. Those contending for the…
A Skelton Legacy: Diplomats, Scholars and the Canadian Foreign Service
The history of Canada’s Department ot External Attairs is one of uneven but nevertheless sustained growth over a period of nine decades. Created by act of parliament in 1909, the Department started life as little more than a small secretariat with a…
Not so Long Ago
by Arthur Blanchette
Halstead’s Pennant
As recalled in the Summer issue Vol. 15 No. 2 of bout de papier, John Halstead was a remarkable man of diverse talents and interests. Many associates of his on the editorial board of bout, as well as other readers, know that…
J.T. (Tom) Boehm 1941-1998
Tom was born in Toronto on June 22, 1941. After he received his BA at York University in 1963, he studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and then returned to the University of Toronto. He joined the Department of External Affairs in…
Some Little Time
Canada’s longest-serving Prime Minister, W.L. Mackenzie King, retired from that office on 15 November 1948. As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of that change in this country’s political leadership, Dr. Gibson recalls that a favourite diversionary tactic for Mr. King in dealing…
Richard Marcus Tait
A memorial service for Richard was held in Ottawa at St. Barnabas Anglican Church on December 20, 1997. Tom d’Aquino, a close friend, gave the following eulogy:
