DFAIT and Team Canada

DFAIT and Team Canada

The idea of Team Canada originated with senior officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and at the Privy Council Office (PCO), not long after the current government came to power in 1993. Initially, the intention was to…

The Road to Santiago

The Road to Santiago

From an Address to the CIIA, Ottawa Branch March 16, 1998, by Peter M. Boehm, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the OAS

Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur

Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur

Over the last two decades, many countries of Asia Pacific have sustained growth rates that are among the fastest in the world. With each passing year the region is emerging as the dynamic colossus of the new world economic order. The cumulative…

The Honourable Roy MacLaren: An Interview with Mr. Free Trade

The Honourable Roy MacLaren: An Interview with Mr. Free Trade

The Honourable Roy MacLaren, a graduate of Cambridge University (U.K.), is a former Foreign Service officer and the author of several books, including Canadians behind enemy lines: 1939-45. His distinguished career in politics culminated in his nomination as Minister for International Trade…

The Importance of Not Being External

The Importance of Not Being External

Minister MacLaren leads the International Trade portfolio of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Trade Commissioner Service into the next century. After almost one year as Minister and many years thinking about trade and economic issues as a…