Société d’études et de consultation du Canadien Pacifique (Ltée)
Le Canadien Pacifique, cette compagnie de grande taille que vous connaissez tous, possède une société de consultation active à l’étranger depuis le début des années soixante-dix. Votre humble serviteur a quitté le service des délégués commerciaux du temps pour s’y joindre en…
We Must Protect Our Differences
The most useful statement so far on U.S.-Canada negotiations leading to a free trade area has been made by Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO – ‘the best time for free trade is when both economies are healthy’ — i.e. fully employed…
Canada-U.S. Trade
The PAFSO Professional Committee recently hosted its annual dinner-seminar on the Free Trade Debate.
Free Trade and Economic Diversification
A after years of argument, I think it is now agreed that Canada needs to diversify its economy and that reliance on primary products needs to be balanced by greater competitiveness in the growth sectors of high value-added goods and tradeable services.
Bow Valley: Oil Interests Worldwide
A strong entrepreneurial drive has thrust Bow Valley Industries Ltd. from its humble beginnings in 1949 to the forefront of the oil and gas industry today. Bow Valley has grown from a small Canadian-based enterprise to a major energy company with operations…
A Sprung Structure: What is a Tent — but not a tent?
What is a Sprung structure?
Stanley Associates: Exporting Alberta To The World
By Paul F. Kelly
Alberta’s Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs
This issue we look at Alberta. Stanley Engineering, Bow Valley Industries and Sprung International provide us with a look at their operations. The province’s Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs Department describes how they manage this activity.
BCNI: National Issues Ahead of Business Concerns
Thomas d’Aquino is an Ottawa-based lawyer whose consulting firm, Intercounsel Ltd., is primarily oriented to international business. The Business Council on National Issues (BCNI) was originally one of Intercounsel’s clients between its formation in 1977 and 1981, when Mr. d’Aquino became the…
Professional Committee Report
The PAFSO Professional Committee’s 1984-1985 season closed with a flurry of events, including two evening seminars (on the future of the Foreign Service and on the Green Paper) and a long roster of major Breakfast Seminar speakers: four departmental deputy ministers; representatives…
