PAFSO News // Nouvelles de l’APASE
Le 7 janvier dernier débutaient les consultations relatives à la révision triannuelle des Directives sur le service extérieur au sein du Comité des directives sur le service extérieur du Conseil national mixte.
From the President’s Desk // Le mot du président
Members in Canada watching television on January 24 will almost certainly have tuned in to a late evenig CTV interview of Minister Clark by Doug Fisher. For those of you who missed it, it was an interesting session touching, variously, on Central…
Communications
A few months ago, the executive of PAFSO swapped the normally-hurried week-day lunch for the expansive luxury of an all-day Saturday meeting. It was a strategy session, designed to reflect on what the organization was doing, where it needed to go in…
PAFSO News // Nouvelles de l’APASE
Cette chronique vise à informer les membres de l’APASE des décisions et événements d’importance pour le service extérieur. Elle sert aussi à propager les résultats obtenus par l’APASE dans ses représentations des intérêts de ses membres et à démontrer qu’il est possible…
Getting our Message Across
On May 21, 1987, the Professional Committee held an evening seminar on the relationship between the media and the foreign service. Chaired by David Adam, then Chairman of the Professional Committee and now Minister-Counsellor (Commercial) at the Canadian Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela,…
From the President’s Desk // Le mot du président
A hidden bonus of becoming President of PAFSO is that the Editor kindly provides an opportunity to express one’s opinions publicly, with at least a fighting chance that someone amongst the readers may actually read them. What follow are thoughts on several…
From the President’s Desk
On September 21, the President of PAFSO, John Lobsinger, addressed the Annual General Meeting. The following are extracts from his statement.
The Glorious Tenth: Media Reaction
At 10:00 a.m. on July 10, PAFSO President John Lobsinger went to Room 130S of the Centre Block and gave the Association’s first press conference in protest over the proposed appointment (subsequently realized) of Mr. Pat MacAdam to our High Commission in…
Debasing the National Interest // Outrage à l’intérêt national
The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers views with outrage the proposed appointment of Patrick MacAdam to London. The appointment continues what has become a hallmark of the Mulroney Government – the abuse of diplomatic assignments. It also marks a further instance…
Dépêche d’Adieu: Or Three and a Half Years Later, the Self Indulgent Farewell
As Walrus said to the Carpenter, the time has come to talk of many things. But for the ex-editor, with his bottom no longer in the chair, to pretend to have suddenly found fresh things to say would be suspect for having…
