The Canadian Women’s International Business Initiative:
From November 12-14, 1997, the Canadian Embassy in Washington DC played host to the first-ever Canadian Businesswomen’s International Trade Mission. With Minister Marchi at the helm, over 120 participants, and no less than the Royal Bank as main corporate sponsor, the mission…
High Noon, Horseshoe Lake
Robert David Percival Lee, 1936-1997
The Next Generation
Marie Stamp surveys the Class of ’94 to give us a glimpse of the profile of the Trade Commissioners of the second century.
Early Days in the Life of a Trade Commissioner’s Family
Seventy years ago, what was it like for the family of a Trade Commissioner in Japan? James Langley lets his mind wander back to those far off days.
John Short Larke, the first Trade Commissioner
TCS: John Larke was Canada’s first professional Trade Commissioner, appointed in 1894. He set a course for the generations of the first hundred years of the Trade Commissioner Service.
Into the Future
The completion of the Uruguay Round and the implementation of NAFTA in augur the second century for our Trade Commissioner Service. Andrew Griffith looks at the ongoing evolution of the TCS and points out directions for the next century.
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…
Letters // Correspondance
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Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
A year of anniversaries. Take a Trade Commissioner to lunch or better yet have him or her take you to lunch.
Foreign Service
As we plan to celebrate the centenary of the Trade Commissioner Service, John Kneale, a Fellow of the Foreign Service Institute, has published this excellent account of the life and work of an experienced trade officer, based on his postings in Algiers,…
