Dancing Cheek to Cheek
On December 5 the department held a dinner dance at the new Convention Centre. It was a smashing success with the RCMP Band playing a medley of popular tunes that kept the dance floor full. Our FS1(Ds) provided a series of very…
Putting Paid to Palmy Days at the Yacht Club
The Auditor General’s report questioned the procedures leading to the purchase of 34 membership-debentures in Hong Kong’s Aberdeen Marina Club. The memberships were purchased as part of the department’s Recreational Hardship Support Service, a program set up on the recommendation of the…
Our Family Afield
bout de papier, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1985) — Winter 1985 // Hiver 1985, p. 36 This is the team at Canada’s Paris, France, office. bout de papier decided against trying to list by name all the team members. Just try and imagine it: Front row, left to right, it wouldn’t work. How many can […]
A Sacred Trough?
The appointment of Dennis McDermott as Ambassador to Dublin brought to 12 the number of non-career diplomats appointed during the 17 months Prime Minister Mulroney has held office. By contrast, Pierre Trudeau appointed 16 during his 16 years as prime minister, doe…
Gone From Sight
Missing sons and those tense social functions comprise this time’s tales. Keep them coming.
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Bout de Papier:
A Foreign Service Act?
Has the time come for a Foreign Service Act?
Portrait of an Issue
The debate over closer economic links with the United States is as important to Canadians as was the debate over constitutional patriation and revision. Once again, Canada’s foreign service will be playing a leading role in seeking to secure an agreement on…
Pardy’s Corner
Foreign service people, diplomat and support staff alike, come from all corners of Canadian society. Undaunted, they valiantly learn the rules and social forms of a bygone era that lingers on only among the very rich and the diplomatic corps. Dabbling in…
Letters to the Editor
Thank you very much for your letter of August 6 together with a copy of the summer issue of Bout de papier.
