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…
