Meeting Mahatma Gandhi
In June, 1947, Canada opened its first mission in India. On Dominion Day, the High Commissioner, John D. Kearney, with his Counsellor, Morley Scott, called upon Mahatma Gandhi. From Scott’s private papers, in the Archives of the University of British Columbia, comes…
Vignettes
…extracts of three articles on a common theme: women in the foreign service.
PAFSO Protests Continuing Abuse of Diplomatic Assignments as Patronage Plums
Press Release — February 20, 1987
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.
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…
Penny Pinching External — Regulations Must Prevail
Readers of Bout de papier should not assume that with the passing of Agnes McCloskey, the autocrat of External’s early finances and administration (see Bout de papier December, 1983), the department ceased to be preoccupied each waking moment with saving every possible…
Roy McMurtry: From Politician to Diplomat
The first thing you notice about Roy McMurtry is his physical size. A big man, he still moves with the slow but sure step of the university footballer which he was at Trinity College. The eyes are hooded and the turmoil of…
Don Jamieson
The eyes immediately appraise you upon entering the room. His manner is bluff but friendly and the still mellifluous deep voice readily vouches for his earlier and successful career as a broadcaster. His words flow smoothly and with a well-practised ease. The…
From the President
Un communiqué du Ministère des Affaires extérieures annonçait le 29 mars dernier des nominations diplomatiques entre autres, celle de Mme Joan Winser au poste de Consul général à Los Angeles.
Pols Pros and Grey Paper
Rumours of changes involving ministers, deputies, indeed the structure of both department and the foreign service, may prove little more than midsummer madness. We hope so. What the department does not need at a time when it is wrestling with such fundamental…
