Wasting Away in Margaritaville
As I write, I am nearing the end of a one year assignment with the Mexican Foreign Ministry. Just last year, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores — México (SRE) agreed to begin an exchange of…
Micro-Missions: Canada’s Office in Guadalajara
by Jennifer Daubeny
Promoting International Human Rights
The opening lines of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights assert that “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.”…
Amis d’Haïti et amigos de l’Amérique latine / Friends of Haiti and Amigos of Latin America
Le sous-ministre adjoint par intérim aperçoit à travers la fenêtre de son étroit bureau une B. Pearson, vue peu inspirante s’il en est. Le sous-ministre adjoint est en mission à Washington et New York; il participe à des entretiens avec le président…
Claude Charland
Claude joined the Trade Commissioner Service in 1957. He served in New Orleans (1958), Lagos (1961- 62), Sao Paolo (1965-67), Brussels (1967-69), and twice in Paris, (1958- 61 and 1970-73). He was appointed an assistant deputy minister in 1973 and served in…
The Difference Between New York and Washington?
(Editor’s note: Sidney Freifeld’s new book about some of the amusing sidelights of the Department over the years, Undiplomatic Notes: Tales from the Canadian Foreign Service, was published by Hounslow Press in October. See our review on page 40.)
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Bout de Papier:
