Flecker is Missing!!
Boris Kropotkin had struck again!! The wily KGB agent had purloined the latest External Affairs estimates and spirited them away to his secret headquarters in Soviet Central Asia. We had to get them back before Kropotkin cracked the code (high bureaucratese) and…
Caption Contest
bout de papier, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1986) — Winter 1986 // Hiver 1986, p. 57 Last issue winner:Bryan Burton (ESN)“Yes, Your Highness, the tires are Uni-ROYĂLS” And now View the original scanned pages → Originally published in bout de papier, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1986) — Winter 1986 // Hiver 1986, p. 57. Read […]
PAFSO Elections
On October 2, PAFSO counted the ballots for its first-ever election for its Board of Directors. There were 21 candidates for the 15 positions. (Results below) At its first meeting, the new Executive asked Len Mader to continue as President (he had…
In Memorium
M. Jacques Cousineau, survenu à Ottawa le 4 novembre. M. Cousineau est entré au service du Ministère en 1954. Ila été en poste à Vientiane, Beyrouth, Rome, Addis Abéba, Washington et Libreville.
Estate Planning
E., many of us, the most significant assets we will have as we approach our retirement years will be the equity that has built up in our principal residence and the capital and benefits that we have accumulated or that have accrued…
Children Abroad
The book is notable for two reasons: it is not comprehensive, it is comprehensible. Not often do these two virtues coincide. The medical information is explained in everyday language and includes everything from shots to snake bites to schistosomiasis. Keeping a child…
Advice to Ambassadors
Recently the British made a change of ambassadors in Washington, moving as usual from one knight to another, to occupy the palatial residence on Massachusetts Avenue designed by the famous Sir Edwin Lutyens. The new man, Sir Antony Acland, is reported as…
Stitches and Time
Much like the weather, consular work in Thailand is typically hot and heavy. Complex, difficult cases, often punctuated by elements of the macabre or exotic, are frequent and exceptionally demanding, both personally and professionally. It was therefore with a profound sense of…
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…
Robert K. Joyce
There can be few Canadians involved in international economic diplomacy in the past 20 years who did not have the good fortune to cross paths with Bob Joyce. Diplomacy is an art which comes only with difficulty to most officers trained in…
