Treaty Diplomacy

Treaty Diplomacy

FROM ITS EARLIEST CONCEPTION, CANADA has relied on international treaties and treaty diplomacy to determine its borders, ensure peace and security and to protect its economic well-being.

Making a Difference? Canada’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World Order

Making a Difference? Canada’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World Order

In December, 1991, an all-star line-up of academics, NGO leaders, government specialists and political leaders met in Toronto at a conference marking the sixtieth anniversary of the Statute of Westminster. This book, edited by two widely respected historians of Canada’s external relations,…

Our Forgotten Anniversary

Ernest Lapointe, Minister of Justice/Mackenzie King, Prime Minister/Vincent Massey, Minister Designate to Washington/Peter Larkin, Canadian High Commissioner

China’s leaders speak with missionary zeal of the significance of the ‘Long March’ in their country’s unification, and this year celebrate its 50th anniversary. Americans derive national inspiration from the observance of their Declaration of Independence. Canadians could recall a less dramatic…