The Exam
As more than 4,000 Canadians sat down across the country and in Canadian consulates and embassies in various parts of the world on October 25, to write the foreign service exam, Bill Bottomley could heave a well-deserved sigh of relief.
The Young Bloods
Their enthusiasm runneth over. They treasure the experience of researching revisions to the Canadian widget export policy. They eagerly volunteer for prestigious assignments such as developing a left-handed architect exchange policy for the upcoming Canada-Ruritania Bilateral Commission. They all yearn to draft…
The View from the Tenth Floor
Elder
Ed Ritchie
Born in Andover New Brunswick in 1916, Ed Ritchie received his B.A at Mount Allison University and then went to Oxford in 1940 as a Rhodes Scholar. He worked for the British Purchasing Commission and Ministry of Economic Warfare in the British…
The Canadian Style: The Guide to Writing and Editing
The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing, published last year by the Department of the Secretary of State, is the English-language counterpart of French-language style manual published by that department in 1983 (the Guide du rédacteur de l’administration fédérale) and…
Howard Green: Using Canadian Common Sense
He saw me drive up and came out to wait for me at the front door of the house he has lived in for nearly 60 years. The years have taken their natural toll and he apologized for being a bit tired…
A Lean Mean Machine
In a talk that lifted some of the veils on management and its practices, Associate Undersecretary Derek Burney told a PAFSO breakfast seminar on April 17 that with the trauma of reorganization behind us, the time had come to “get on with…
Foreign Policy Review and the Foreign Service
A Joint Parliamentary Committee of Senators and Members of Parliament have spent the last year studying Canada’s foreign policy. They will report to Parliament by the end of May. PAFSO made a submission to the Committee and has met with its Chairman,…
How External Spends Its Money
We all know External Affairs is a big operation involving a lot of manpower and of money — over 4000 person years and over $800 million this fiscal year. Where does all the money go? Who gets the biggest slice of the…
Canadian Athletes Get Support
In the past few years Canada has made an impact in international sport, winning 44 medals in the Los Angeles Olympics. In the course of their rise to international success, Canadian athletes have become accustomed to advice and support from the Department…
