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bout de papier, Volume 6, Issue No. 4, 1989
Mike’s World
IN A RECENT GLOBE AND MAIL COLUMN, John Ibbitson complained that, with the switch of Champagne for Garneau, Canada has had 14 foreign ministers in just over 20 years. 14! And many of them non-memorable. We grump about Canada’s loss of credibility…
The General Makes Himself a Major (Nuisance)
Readers of bout de papier will be familiar with the Official Visit which marred the celebratory mood of Canada’s centennial in 1967 and likely still haunts those who then worked in the Office of Protocol. In that year, a procession of international…
Basil Robinson
Basil Robinson, who died on December 21, 2012, at the age of 93, entered the Department with the classic background for a foreign service officer of his generation. Although born in England, he grew up in Vancouver, where his parents settled in…
Panditji Pearson in Colombo: the View from Headquarters
The Conference of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers which took place in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) was the first such gathering to take place in Asia and it undoubtedly was a new and interesting experience for the members of the Canadian Delegation, which…
Better Thistles than Wolves?
In the last issue of bout de papier, we paid tribute to one of our most distinguished and beloved former diplomats, Arthur Menzies, who passed away in early March. One of his least-known diplomatic involvements came during his posting to Japan in…
Habits of Hospitality: La genèse du Bureau du protocole
bout de papier is pleased to adapt and reprint an extract from Habits of Hospitality: A Short History of the Origins of the Protocol Division by Fred McEvoy, an Ottawa-based historian and writer, and Greg Donaghy, the Head of the Historical Section…
A “Forgotten Peace” Rediscovered
Mew Small, past President of PAFSO, contributor to bout de papier and now a senior officer with DFAIT, has just published a book of interest to a wide cross section of bout’s readers: The Forgotten Peace: Mediation at Niagara Falls, 1914, The…
