Letters to the Editor
The Guest Column entitled “Ethnics and Foreign Policy” in the spring 1987 issue of bout de papier, is offensive in tone and oversimplistic to the point of being prejudiced.
Asleep at the Wheel
More crucially, they fooled themselves through a tragic misunderstanding of the issues… and a misguided faith in the prowess of their own diplomacy.
Editor’s Notebook
Stephen Lewis, the self-declared socialist Excellency, held forth to a packed breakfast meeting of PAFSO the other day. Renowned for his grasp of the English language, he delivered a lively polemic on the plight of Africa. He is convincing even when he…
Poems
bout de papier, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1987) — Spring 1987 // Printemps 1987, p. 52 Diplomatic “Corpse” Immunity! Immunity! what’s happened to immunity?There was a time when the ‘Corps’ was thought a privileged community!But now we have to take our chanceOf gun or bomb – “Pauvre Excellence!”And not to mention Fer-de-LanceThey get us with […]
Letter from the President of PAFSO
I need your help. Some weeks ago, after PAFSO had released a sharply worded protest about yet another non-career head of post assignment, I had an installment on what the late Andy Warhol described as every man’s fifteen minutes of fame. Mine…
Insurance: Practical Solutions
This year almost every reader of bout de papier will purchase or renew some form of insurance benefits. The annual cost to the average family for all types of insurance will be over $2,000.!! and this is before any business insurance costs…
PAFSO Protests Continuing Abuse of Diplomatic Assignments as Patronage Plums
Press Release — February 20, 1987
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.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
