Stones, Sacred Trusts and the Prime Minister’s Ruins
Readers of bout de papier likely are familiar with the story of the Stone of Scone or Stone of Destiny, traditional coronation stone of Scottish Kings, which was stolen by King Edward of England and installed in a specially-designed “Coronation Chair” at…
Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars
In this carefully researched and clearly written volume, award-winning military historian Dr. Tim Cook of the Canadian War Museum steps well back from the front lines with a comparative study of how Canada’s unwarlike prime ministers dealt with the national strains and…
Unlocking the Wastebasket: How an Academic Built Canadian Foreign Intelligence
“They Lock Up Their Wastepaper Baskets” read the headline of the February 28, 1950, edition of The Standard. The article included a photograph of a tall, lanky man and described his job at the Joint Intelligence Bureau as supplementing “the intelligence on…
William McKenzie (Bill) Wood
My father was born on St. Patrick’s Day in Montreal in 1922. He studied at Upper Canada College in Toronto and McGill University and became an officer in the Black Watch Regiment (RHR) of Canada, serving in the North West Europe Campaign.…
Spies Left in the Cold?
The foreign intelligence mandate of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is one of its lesser known responsibilities. The department collects, collates, and disseminates foreign intelligence in support of the foreign policy process.
Jim Nutt
A strong sense of a happy past and affectionate regard for his friends were among the most characteristic qualities of Jim Nutt.
The Great Dominion: Churchill and Canada, 1900–1954
Note de la rédaction : Dans le second article de la série sur Churchill et le Canada, 1900-1954, David Bilks, professeur émérite de relations internationales a la University of Leeds, achève son tableau d’une relation très spéciale. Il documente l’extraordinaire appui du…
Canada, China and Charles Maxwell Forsyth-Smith
My cousin Max Forsyth-Smith died in December 2008. The Halifax Chronicle carried a brief account of his distinguished career with the Trade Commissioner Service. He was a descendent of Nathaniel Guy, a participant in Britain’s conquest of Jamaica in 1626, whose heirs,…
The Great Dominion
Note de la rédaction : Vous trouvez qu’on a suffisamment parlé de Winston Churchill? Pas au goût de Randolph Gherson, membre du comité supérieur de rédaction; grâce à ses bons offices, hout est heureux de publier une série de deux articles sur…
Testimony of a Courageous Friend
eaders of bout de papier will recall Georges Rivers report of his visit to Buchenwald in
