Wanted (before July 15, 1984) // Volontaire (avant le 15 juillet 1984)
Interested PAFSO Member to sit as a technical advisor to the National Joint Council Foreign Service Directives Sub-Committee to review Post Index Methodolgy. Experience at posts abroad, knowledge and appreciation of the implication of the determination of the post index on life…
Appraisal Phobia
Why does the annual appraisal exercise strike such apprehension and fear in the hearts of FSO’s? A circular memo was recently distributed reminding FSO’s that appraisals are due by August 1, 1984. Why does reading this memo trigger a flashback of the…
Breakfast Meetings Report
The Professional Committee Breakfasts continued to attract large numbers of colleagues. Tom d’Aquino, President of the Business Council on National Issues, spoke to us on business-government relationship in slightly more reassuring terms than might have been anticipated. David Dodge, Assistant Deputy Minister…
A Message from the President of PAFSO
I was delighted to have been asked to convey a brief message for this edition of the Bout de papier, celebrating 75 years of External Affairs.
A word to returnees . . .
Allan Fotheringham, in Malice in Blunderland, called the world’s coldest capital “Earmuff and Armpit City” where all those swivel servants “bicycle, mentally as well as physically”. “Ennui-on-the-Rideau”, says Al, is “the only city in the world where rush hour starts at 3:30″…
The “New” Bout de Papier: One Year Later
Bout de papier celebrates 75 years of External Affairs and the first anniversary of its expanded tabloid format. Judging from the comments and letters received from our readers, we seem to be striking the right chords in our efforts to improve communications,…
Colloquium on Streaming
With the department settling into its new shape, and management due to undertake a review of policy on streaming later this year, PAFSO canvassed the views of its members on this issue, which has important implications both for the functioning of the…
The Minister Writes
On this 75th anniversary of the Department of External Affairs, let me pay tribute to the men and women of the Foreign Service.
Tour d’horizon avec le sous-secrétaire d’État
A l’occasion du 75e anniversaire du ministère, “Bout de papier” rencontrait M. Marcel Massé pour faire un tour d’horizon. Il nous révélait alors ses vues sur l’évolution politique mondiale à long terme et la place que le Canada devra se tailler dans…
That Was The Year That Was
The arrival of Fall brings with it an almost complete rotation of the PAFSO Executive. The vagaries of rotationality will be bringing you a new President, Vice-President and Treasurer: all in all, eight new members will have been added to the Executive,…
