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Volume 18, Number 1 PUBLISHER Neil Reynolds ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Table of Donna Jacobs EDITOR CONTENTS Jennifer Campbell ART DIRECTOR Paul Cavanaugh CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Daniel Drolet George Abraham Charles Enman CULTURE EDITOR Margo Roston COPY EDITOR DIPLOMATICA| Roger Bird Verbatim: An excerpt from the Decade of Darkness speech ...... 3 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Good Deeds: Kudos to Britain and Honduras ...... 5 Peter Zimonjic Q&A: Anthony Cary on Monty Python, Jeff Esau the Queen and climate change ...... 6 Innes Welbourne Margaret Amoakohene Diplomatic Agenda: Ghana at 50 ...... 7 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER New Arrivals: 10 new heads of mission ...... 9 Jana Chytilova Dyanne Wilson WEBMASTER DISPATCHES| Leslee McCabe Europe on the Move EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Europeans are moving all over the continental map ...... 14 Lisa Baroldi EU Ambassador Dorian Prince’s ambitious plan ...... 19 SUBSCRIPTIONS Quebec’s pitch for free trade with Europe ...... 20 Diplomat & International Canada is published six times a year. Subscription rates: individual, one year $35.70. For Canadian orders add 7 per cent DELIGHTS| GST. U.S. orders please add $15 for postage. All Books: All about Afghanistan ...... 22 other orders please add $25. Entertaining: Appetizers must entice ...... 24 SUBMISSIONS Wine: What determines the price ...... 26 Diplomat & International Canada welcomes Envoy’s Album ...... 28 submissions. Contact Jennifer Campbell, editor, Canadiana: Terry Fox’s legacy ...... 30 at [email protected] or (613) 231-8476. Destinations: Istanbul is a city of contrasts ...... 36 DIPLOMAT & INTERNATIONAL CANADA P.O Box 1173, Station B Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 5R2 DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ...... 31 Phone: (613) 259-3038 Fax: (613) 259-5481 E-mail: [email protected] www.diplomatonline.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. The views expressed in the articles are those of the authors. © 2007 ISSN 1190-8343 Published by Publication Mail # 40957514. Return undeliverable Canadian copies to: Diplomat Magazine, Sparrow House P.O. Box 1173, Station B, Ottawa, ON K1P 5R2 Enterprises Inc. DIPLOMATICA|EDITOR’S NOTE

A continent on the move noshing. Britons are jet- CONTRIBUTORS ting to Hungary and he Treaties of Rome changed the the Czech Republic for Innes Welbourne, author of The City of world. If that statement sounds like price-is-right dental Extremes, page 36 Thyperbole, I can back it up – the care. Some of their signing of the treaties is ranked among the compatriots are even top 50 events that changed world history. being shipped by When EU Ambassador to Canada Do- British hospitals to JENNIFER CAMPBELL rian Prince spoke recently about Europe’s France for surgery, be- next 50 years, he mentioned the imminent cause the French system is under-used 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. and the British system is overwhelmed. The polyglot diplomat (he speaks 12 lan- Patients love it, Mr. Prince said, because guages) also talked about the elegance of they come back patched up and carrying the language in the treaties, which were a case of fine French wine. They cross in- originally written in French. Finally, Mr. visible borders just like residents of Ot- Prince referenced the book by Hywel tawa cross to Gatineau, Que., and vice Williams, Days that Changed the World: The versa. 50 Defining Events of World History, which You’ll find the cover package, which Innes Welbourne is a writer and part-time lists in 41st position March 23, 1957, the also looks at Quebec Premier Jean voice-over narrator who’s been living in day that saw the launch of the common Charest’s proposal for free trade with the Istanbul for two years. When he’s not market in Europe. On the 50th anniver- EU, starting on page 14. busy trying to learn Turkish (he says it’s sary of the European Union, the truth of And there’s much else in this issue of more difficult than Arabic to speak), he the ranking is evident. Diplomat. We look at another “50,” with spends his days traveling the city, work- Now, as a bloc of 27 nations, Europe is Ghanaian High Commissioner Margaret ing on magazine articles and advertising, thriving. Yes, it has problems – tensions Amoakohene, who writes about her coun- among other projects. When not doing over about migration, loss of sovereignty try’s 50th birthday. Contributing editor any of that, and sometimes when he is, and a cookie-cutter approach to George Abraham looks at recent reads on he’s been accused of being a spy. economies – but many of the complaints Afghanistan. And kudos to food writer have been pro forma bluster, and there Margaret Dickenson, whose new book, LETTERS are plenty of success stories in this con- Margaret’s Table, has been recognized as Security exposed stantly evolving institution. To that end, last year’s best cookbook on entertaining Diplomat, under the direction its new by the Gourmand World Cookbook With respect to Daniel Drolet’s article “Se- publisher Neil Reynolds and associate Awards. She continues her series on the curity in the Bag” (Diplomat, Nov/Dec publisher Donna Jacobs, decided to look parts of the meal with appetizers. 2006), the story fails to fully explore the at Europe in the 21st-century. On the back page, check out our new role of the diplomatic bag in Canada’s Migration of impoverished immigrants travel feature, Destinations. Innes Wel- diplomatic history. was a big concern to the original 15 mem- bourne brings to life the sights and The introduction of some other na- ber states when 10 newbies joined the sounds of Turkey in his piece on Istan- tions’ experiences creates a somewhat dis- club in 2004, but, as Mr. Prince says in our bul. jointed picture. 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2 MARCH—APRIL 2007 FOR THE RECORD|DIPLOMATICA MEMO Chief of Defence Staff General ing education, training, peo- Rick Hillier received a lot of ink ple, postings, equipment, TO: Parliament when he addressed the 23rd fleets, maintenance, sea days, FROM: annual seminar of the Confer- yearly flying rates, ammunition ence of Defence Associations General Rick Hillier use and while, at the same time Institute on Feb. 16. He SUBJECT: we did that, increasing by a fac- made headlines for his com- Thanks for the help tor the number of operations ment about the “decade of after our decade of that we were conducting around darkness” under Liberal darkness the world, has led to a Canadian rule. Here, for the record, Forces that is fragile as a base on is an edited excerpt of which to build. And, in some that section of the speech. parts, the institution is on a life support system. GEN. HILLIER: “We have been re-equip- Decisions taken at that time ping the Forces with an energy and a were forced by dollar deprivation, scale and a scope that has not been guided by the best information seen in recent years, perhaps even in possible – and God knows I would decades and with a speed, as the min- not have wanted to be in the shoes ister again referred to, that would of some of my predecessors be- have been unbelievable even two cause of the enormous challenges years ago. And let me just say here that they faced. However, those ac- great credit to our minister and to his tions, dollar deprived, have now work. Great credit to Gord O’Connor led to some deep wounds in the de- and, in fact, his work, his effect, his partment and to the Canadian stubbornness in the finest sense of Forces over this past what I would the word in moving and carrying call a “Decade of Darkness” . . . and driving a bureaucracy in Ottawa COMBAT CAMERA . . . funding remains a challenge. through to remarkably short order being Canada, we have been led to Our readiness, as indicated by the able to start acquiring the strategic airlift, changing absolutely everything that we manning of our units, their equipping, the tactical airlift, the big honkin’ helicop- do and at the same time changing how their training and preparation readiness, ter that we so desperately need, the joint we do it. While we’ve done those four or is at an alarmingly low level. We have in- support ships, trucks – it doesn’t sound five things, we have also been dealing frastructure that is still unrelated to our very sexy but that’s what the Canadian with all the normal challenges of a transi- operational mission and much of that in- Forces runs on – and all the other operation in government and, most important frastructure is in an unsettling state of re- tionally urgent equipment that we this, over this past one to two years, we pair. We ignore none of those things and, needed. And thank you to our minister have begun to fully realize the immense, in fact, we spent almost all of our waking for the job that he has done on this one the negative impact of the defence expen- hours trying to solve those problems, and and – we’ve not yet finished. diture reductions from 1994 and the last- more, with your help. And in this past year, just to make sure ing, most negative legacy that they that we can use those people and all that brought into effect which has to be put MORE ON THE WEB: Visit www.diploma- new equipment to a maximum effect for right. Restricting, reducing and constrain- tonline.com for the complete transcript.

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From Monty Python to climate change

British High Commissioner Anthony Cary arrived the problem but it’s enormously impor- in Ottawa the first week of February. Before the tant that we do so. end of the month, he’d intrigued Ottawans on the Rideau Canal with his strange-looking DM: So you’ll be convincing Canadians it Swedish skates (he came to Ottawa direct from has to be done, and that it can be done? a post in Sweden), opened a photo exhibit AC: It’s not just Canadians. It’s a job that detailing how some Muslims fit seamlessly into we have to do in Europe. There’s a big British society, and had traveled to Montreal, change coming in the United States and Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto. While he was it’s already evident in some of the states catching his breath back in Ottawa, he sat down and it’s beginning to be seen in federal with Diplomat. policy. When (UK special representative on climate change) John Ashton was here, DM: I know you’ve had extensive EU ex- he made a point of saying he wasn’t here perience so I’m interested in your to lecture Canada on how to develop its thoughts on Quebec Premier Jean own resources but that we’re here to tell Charest’s recent pitch for a free trade you how it’s being addressed in Europe agreement between Canada and and to talk about some of the common the EU. challenges we face. AC: There are problems with the idea of free trade agreements DM: What would you say the UK has outside multilateral agree- done that Canada should follow? ments. If we can get a proper AC: We’re still at the very beginning of multilateral world trading sys- this. Our government has now set pretty tem and get the Doha Develop- ambitious targets for the rate at which ment Round, that is a better we’re going to move towards a low-car- system for world trade than a series of bi- bon economy. I think a step change that’s lateral free trade agreements which always being made is that it isn’t seen as environ- tend to have in them particularities which ment versus industry, or as a divisive is- become obstacles to trade. If the Doha sue. It’s an issue on which all people – the Round really gets stuck, then there is a case. government, ordinary people, industry – recognize that we can only be competitive DM: You come from a land of great comedy. in the 21st century with a low-carbon What’s your favourite British comedy? economy and we need to work out how AC: Gosh – I come from a generation that we’re going to get there. enjoyed Monty Python. Then it was still fresh and different. DM: You’ve met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Did you talk about cli- DM: Your deputy thinks you’re the tallest mate change? member of the high commission. Are you? AC: Yes. AC: I’d be surprised. I’m 6’4”. He’s just saying that because he’s the smallest. DM: Was he receptive? He’s a little Welshman. AC: I certainly sensed that this government understands the importance of the issue. I DM: What issue will take up most of your look forward to the plan (Environment time while you’re in Canada? Minister John) Baird is going to announce. AC: It’s hard to say as you set out what will dominate your time over four years. DM: Have you seen The Queen? I mean But asked to take a judgement now, I’d the movie. say climate security because I think it’s a AC: I have. I liked it very much because I huge foreign policy issue that’s just sort thought it was sympathetic both to the of crept up on us and which was seen un- Queen and the prime minister and til recently as environmentalism. But showed how differently they saw the now, people are beginning to understand events that had happened, from their dif- its security ramifications and that it goes ferent positions and upbringing. There to the heart of our security. There’s a lot were bits of it that were very inaccurate. of work to be done in Europe but there’s The caricaturing of Prince Philip was also a lot of work to be done in North slightly unfair and the people I know in America about how we’re going to ad- the story – their relationships were all JANA CHIYTILOVA dress that issue. I think it can be done. I rather artificial. But overall I think the big think we can have growth and deal with relationship was right.

6 MARCH—APRIL 2007 DIPLOMATIC AGENDA|DIPLOMATICA

Ghana: A leader in Africa’s quest for democracy

changed from one production. Farming is widespread political party to an- though much of it is for subsistence, ac- other democratically. counting for 34 per cent of GDP and em- Margaret In 2000, the then- ploying 60 per cent of the workforce. In FIRST NAME: main opposition 2003, HIV/AIDS affected 3.1 per cent of Amoakohene LAST NAME: party, the New Pa- the population, a relatively low figure Ghanaian triotic Party (NPP) compared to South Africa (21.5 per cent) CITIZENSHIP: defeated the ruling or Zimbabwe (24.6 per cent). Nearly 75 PRESENTED CREDENTIALS AS HIGH National Democra- per cent of the population older than 15 Sept. 19, 2006 COMMISSIONER: tic Congress (NDC) can read and write. Public in general elections Because Ghana champions security OTHER PROFESSIONS: and for the first and stability through good governance, it relations instructor at the time in the coun- has been described within the African University of Ghana. try’s history, there Peer Review Mechanism (a system was a smooth through which African states voluntarily changeover of assess one another’s political and eco- government. Ghana had at- nomic management, or governance) as a tained the maturity to change govern- peaceful nation in a rather turbulent West hana’s transition from a newly in- ments with the thumb rather than the gun. African sub-region and widely seen as a dependent state in 1957 to a thriv- Up until then, military rule superseded model for political and economic reform Ging constitutional democracy democratically-elected civilian adminis- in Africa. Specifically, Ernest Harsch, today provides lessons for much of Africa tration in longevity – for 20 years in the quoting from the conclusions of a com- and the developing world. Ghana gained period between 1966 and 1992. prehensive African review of Ghana in an independence from British colonial rule Today, Ghana’s leadership in Africa is analysis release in 2006, writes in African 50 years ago, on March 6, 1957, changing manifested in its pursuit of and adher- Renewal [Vol. 20(3), Oct 2006] that Ghana its name from Gold Coast, the first sub- ence to democratic principles, respect for is an “oasis of peace and tranquility” in Saharan Africa nation to do so. It went on human rights, and the rule of law. It also West Africa and is moving increasingly to become a leader in African liberation by providing assistance to countries still under colonial domination. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, declared at a mammoth rally to usher in the country’s first Independence Day at the Old Polo Grounds in Accra: “The independence of Ghana is meaning- less unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent.” Ghana’s political history has been checkered. It has had four republics in 50 years and five political disruptions to its democratic governance through coups d’état in 1966, 1972, 1978, 1979, and 1981. Military interventions in Ghanaian politics began in 1966 with the overthrow of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) government of President Nkrumah but ended in 1993 with the swearing-in of Jerry John Rawlings as the first president of the Fourth Republic. RIDEAU HALL

Already in its 15th year, the Fourth Re- Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean visited Ghana in November as part of a state visit to Africa. She’s shown here public offsets the pain and frustration of with Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor. Ghana’s three previous abortive republics. It is the first one in which a political party shows a media system described by the towards consolidating democracy. retained political power lawfully and con- Commonwealth Press Union as “one of With a foreign policy of good neigh- stitutionally through the ballot box for a the most unfettered” in Africa. The coun- bourliness at the sub-regional and conti- second term of office. It is the only Ghana- try of about 22 million has plenty of natu- nental levels, Ghana leads support for the ian republic in which political power ral resources – gold, timber and cocoa African Crisis Response Initiative. Ghana

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provides a platform for dialogue among warring factions, and a refuge for people fleeing conflicts and wars in their own avour countries. Ghana has actively participated in international peacekeeping in Lebanon, our new style. Afghanistan, Rwanda, the Balkans and Pakistan under the auspices of the United Nations. It has been instrumental under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in developing and enforcing a ceasefire in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Ghana’s President John Agyekum Ku- fuor was unanimously elected by his peers to lead the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January. The Guardian newspaper described his election as a sign of maturity by the AU. By and large, he epitomizes Ghana’s leadership role on the continent today. Admittedly, President Kufuor’s chairmanship faces regional difficulties including the still-lingering crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, disturbing political develop- Come savour our succulent grill ments in Guinea and Somalia, and the cri- sheraton.com/ottawa sis in Darfur. However, within weeks of specialties and New World wines 150 Albert Street, Ottawa his chairmanship, President Kufuor held For reservations: in an exciting new setting. (613) 238-1500 ext. 6607 consultations aimed at securing peace in some of Africa’s flashpoints, conferring with Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, and also with former Nigerian leader, General Ibrahim Babangida on the crisis in Guinea. On the Darfur region, the AU Chair- man has called on Sudan to work closely with the UN to end the crisis. A Ghana News Agency (GNA) report from Febru- ary indicates President Kufuor under- scored the need to ensure a peaceful approach to conflict management and resolution in Africa. President Kufuor’s first diplomatic success as AU chairman was the signing of a peace pact involving Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic in Feb- ruary to ease tensions arising out of the Darfur crisis among the three countries. In his state-of-the-nation address in February he stated that, “the government’s assessment of the nation’s political, economic and social conditions of the state indicates that, on balance, Ghana, the black star of Africa, is on the rise again.” Indeed, Ghana’s democratic regional leadership is proof that Africa is capable of governing itself in a manner that en- genders respect and acceptance within the community of nations.

Margaret Amoakohene is Ghana’s high commissioner.

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New Heads of Mission

Evgueni Stefanov Stoytchev sector, finally heading up a UK trade as- Ruby Evadne Coye Ambassador of Bulgaria sociation representing more than 30 coun- High Commissioner for Jamaica tries. Mr. Prince joined the European Com- mission in 1981 and spent several years working on the trade side. In 1996, he set up a new department to promote access to world markets for EU member states. From 2000 to 2002, he was responsible for the trade defence instruments of the EU and from 2002 to 2006, he was ambassador to Korea. Mr. Prince is a concert pianist and composer. In May, he will perform in a recital to celebrate Europe Day in Ottawa. When stationed in Korea, he translated the words to Ave Maria into Korean and Bulgarians finally have an ambassador in then set them to his own music. Ms. Coye was born in Trelawny, Jamaica, Canada. Since March 2004, the country Mr. Prince has a basic knowledge of 12 in 1947, and joined the foreign service in has had a chargé d’affaires in Ottawa. languages and speaks five fluently. He 1975. Three years later, she became a first After he finished his master’s degree at has two daughters. secretary at Jamaica’s United Nations the Moscow State Institute for Interna- mission in New York. Other foreign post- tional Relations, Mr. Stoytchev went im- Pál Vastagh ings included Venezuela, Washington, Be- mediately to work for the ministry of Ambassador of Hungary lize and Brussels, where she served as foreign affairs. His first foreign posting ambassador to Belgium, the European was to Laos and then he was posted to Union, and non-resident ambassador to Belgium in 1995 between stints at head- France, Ireland, Luxembourg and the quarters in Sofia. He was reposted to Bel- Netherlands. At the same time, she gium in 2001 and returned to Sofia as served as non-resident high commis- head of the European countries direc- sioner to Botswana and South Africa. She torate before being posted to Canada. held this diverse portfolio before being Mr. Stoytchev speaks French, English, appointed Jamaica’s high commissioner Russia and Laotian. He is married with for Canada. two children. Ms. Coye has a master’s degree in international relations and has received Dorian Prince several awards of excellence for her work Head of the Delegation of the in Jamaica’s foreign service. European Commission Judith M. Bahemuka Mr. Vastagh comes to diplomacy from a High Commissioner for Kenya background in politics and academia. From 1971 to 2002, he was a lecturer and associate professor of law and political science at Jozsef Attila University in Szeged. His political pursuits came during the same period. He became a member of parliament (Hungarian Socialist Party) in 1990 and continued until 2006. From 1994-1998, he served as minister of justice and in 2003, he was an observer to the European Parliament. Mr. Vastagh was born in Nagyszénás in 1946 and finished his PhD at the same Born in Wales in 1954, Mr. Prince studied university where he ended up teaching in at Oxford University and the Sorbonne in 1986. He is married to Erzsébet Fenyvesi Paris. He began his career in the private and has one son and two daughters. Ms. Bahemuka is a sociologist who

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started her career as a philosophy lecturer George Marino Abola at the University of Nairobi in 1974. She High Commissioner for Uganda received her early education in the U.S. and went on to complete a master’s and PhD at the University of Nairobi. Ms. Bahemuka has worked with several United Nations agencies and was a long-time member of the UNESCO executive board in Paris. She spearheaded the social research into the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa. She also helped her government develop its HIV/AIDS policy. Before being appointed to Canada, Ms. Bahemuka served as Kenya’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. Mr. Abola was born in 1940 in Gulu, Musa Javed Chohan Uganda. He comes to diplomacy after High Commissioner for Pakistan working in the private sector and then for government. For 14 years, until 2005, he served as chairman of the board for Kinyara Sugar Works Ltd, providing guidance in the re- habilitation of the sugar industry. At the same time, between 1998 and 2005, Mr. Abola worked as deputy director of economic affairs at the movement secretariat. He was in charge of policy initiatives, economic monitoring, and economic awareness and development. An economist by training, Mr. Abola was a member of the National Resistance Council (the interim parliament for Uganda) from 1989 to 1996. He is married Mr. Chohan was born in Jhelum, Pakistan with children. in 1948. He has a master’s degree in Eng- lish literature, another in international re- Anthony Cary lations and diplomacy as well as a High Commissioner for Britain master’s of science in strategic studies. Mr. Chohan joined Pakistan’s foreign

service in 1971 and has served in Scotland ets (1974-75), Guinea (1975-78), New York (1986-89) and Tehran (1989-93). He served at headquarters several times, culminat- l a ing in a position as director general from iEvn 1993 until 1997. Mr. Chohan served as high commissioner to Malaysia and ambassador to Spec France. From 2001-03, he served as Pak- istan’s permanent representative to UN- ESCO. He also served as director general of the Foreign Service Academy in Islam- abad from March 2004 to December 2006. Mr. Chohan’s wife, Naela Chohan, is a Mr. Cary, 55, joined foreign affairs in diplomat, currently in Islamabad serving 1973. He first worked in the South Asia as director-general of disarmament. She department and then served in Berlin unwill join her husband in June. They have til 1978. He spent two years in the early two sons. 80s as a Harkness Fellow at Stanford Business School where he completed a master’s in business. www.partytimerental.ca Mr. Cary has worked primarily in jobs 613.745.9400

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relating to the European Union but he did serve as head of mission in Malaysia and as political counsellor in Washington as well. He was chef de cabinet for the UK’s European Commissioner for external relations before being appointed ambassador to Stockholm. Mr. Cary is married to Clare. They have three sons and one daughter.

Ihor Ostash Ambassador of Ukraine Mr. Ostash, 47, comes to diplomacy from politics but started his career in universities. After completing graduate stud- National Academy of Sciences of Mr. Saviye, 65, has had a varied career so ies at the Institute of Languages of the Ukraine, he joined the faculty as a re- far. He completed a diploma in journal- searcher and then as director of the inter- ism in Czechoslovakia in 1972 and national school. worked in radio and as editor of the In 1994, he became a member of parlia- Ngoma News between stints in the pub- ment and five years later, became chair- lic service. man of the parliamentary committee on Mr. Saviye served as a commissioned foreign affairs. He was vice-chair between second lieutenant in 1984 and as a provin- 2002 and 2006 and concurrently served as cial information officer from 1979 until vice-president of the Organization for Se- 1996 when he became deputy minister in curity and Cooperation in Europe’s par- the office of the president. In 1997, he ran liamentary assembly. for office and when he won, became min- Mr. Ostash was born in the Lviv region ister of communications and transport of Ukraine and speaks seven languages. and then minister of energy and water He is married to Maryna Hrymych and development. In 2001, he turned to farm- has a son and a daughter. ing before being appointed Zambia’s ambassador to China in 2003. David Clifford Saviye Mr. Saviye is married and has seven High Commissioner of Zambia children.

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Diplomat talks with EU Ambassador Dorian Prince on page 19 BRIGITTE BOUVIER

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After 50 years of abolishing borders, the European Union has become a place to roam. Canadians could become the next to work and play—wherever they want—in this 27-nation “club that works.” Peter Zimonjic and Charles Enman report from London and Ottawa.

uebec Premier Jean ment and protection of human rights mann, a professor at the London School Charest says Que- (none of them negligible achievements), of Economics’ European Institute told bec – and, yes, the the European Union has allowed for the Diplomat, “From the very start of the Eu- rest of Canada, too free movement of capital, goods, services ropean integration project, it was known – should join the and labour across what used to be imper- that the union would not have a true sin- European Union. meable national boundaries. gle market … unless there was enshrined Fanciful or not, the The EU has certainly become The Club within it the free movement of goods, proposal has defi- That Works. The benefits of membership services, capital and labour. nite allure. When you enter Europe’s 27- are so seductive that would-be members “All four freedoms had to exist in par- nation Old World club, you’re truly free stand in line for many years before re- allel for the union to work.” to roam. From the Arctic to the Mediter- ceiving summons into the inner sanctum. It’s been 50 years since the first Treaties ranean, from the Atlantic to the the Russ- To be sure, none has pled their case across of Rome established what was then called ian border, you’re free to work or to play, an intervening Atlantic Ocean, but that the European Economic Community. Six to shop for a day or to setttle for a lifetime detail aside, perhaps Mr. Charest’s notion nations – France, Italy, Italy, Belgium, the anywhere you want in a whole continent has merit. Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the coun- of free choice. The unity that has been achieved in try then known as West Germany – In the last 50 years, aside from the cre- Europe had nothing of the accidental or signed that document, and their numbers ation of a single currency, good govern- adventitious about it. As Eiko Thiele- have risen to 27, as have the range and

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Even the smallest airports now have flights all over Europe. Destinations for passengers leaving the Dresden Airport in Germany include Larnaca, Cyprus and Madrid, Spain. depth of their linkages in the five decades Flight patterns have opened up across principle of it – is almost unanimous,” the since. the continent. Mr. Prince recalls wishing report stated. People appreciated the pos- Though European borders still exist, to travel from Brussels to Wales back in itive effect cross-border shopping had on they seem, today, as permeable as those the 1980s. The serving airport, named the economy and on enhancing consumer that mark off one Canadian province Charleroi, had only a little landing strip choices. from another. To be born in the United and hardly ever a direct flight to Wales. Though people from all ages were in- Kingdom, say, doesn’t at all preclude Over two decades, however, Charleroi terested in cross-border shopping, the your working and living in France, or has become what Mr. Prince calls “a young were particularly well disposed, taking same-day shopping excursions to bustling international airport” with many partly, the report suggested, because they Estonia. Health services are transferable flights serving not only the United King- travel more frequently and make more across all member states. The European dom but many other once-obscure Euro- cross-border purchases on the Internet. traveler has the entire continent as his pean destinations as well. Many of Mr. Prince’s friends in Brus- oyster. Retirement possibilities leave all of It seems clear that cheap air travel has sels would drive to Germany and shop Europe open. allowed many Europeans to move freely there. “It was like you would do, going This virtual erasure of borders means around the continent, often on mere across the Ottawa River to Gatineau for that Europe, five decades on, truly is on whim. shopping. You pay with the Euro, you the move. Mr. Prince recalls entering a pub in don’t have a border, and there’s no need A telling example is related by Dorian Wales and finding everyone speaking for a passport.” Prince, ambassador of the EU delegation Polish. Some would have been living in The best proof of how porous borders to Canada. Wales, part of a Polish diaspora that has have become is provided by the patterns His sister has taken a flight from moved west in search of work since their of air travel between EU countries. To Cardiff, Wales, to Tallinn, Estonia, for a country joined the EU and won access take a random case, we might look at Eu- day of shopping, an excursion taken by rights for its citizens. But one fellow he ropean Commission figures on air travel many other Welsh women, as well. The spoke with said he was on a one-day between Italy, a member for the union’s cost of the flight, which has been in the jaunt from Warsaw to visit a Polish expa- full five decades, and Estonia, which $115 range, taxes included, is reasonable triate now working in Wales. “My cousin joined in 2004. The first thing we notice is enough to be offset by the Baltic bargains. works here, we just came over for the an enormous upsurge in passengers. The Three decades ago, Cardiff was a back- day,” one of them told Mr. Prince. “We’ve year before Estonia’s admission, only water whose industries – coal and steel – been told the night life is wonderful so 4,249 coming from Italy landed at an Es- were quickly folding. Even its airport was we came over for a party.” tonian airport. The next year, that figure expected to close. Today, Cardiff has With import taxes removed between jumped to 17,559, and in 2005 jumped nearly full employment and airlines, EU countries, people have more opportu- again to 23,500. In the other direction, many of them low cost, fly direct from nities for cross-border shopping, and there are no figures for how many people that airport to cities across Europe. many seize them. In May 2004, the Euro- coming from Estonia landed in Italy in “All this is because of the program to pean Commission released a report, 2003, but in 2004 17,651 did, a number create this single market in 1992 and the “Qualitative Study on Cross-Border that was nudged up to 23,731 the follow- series of moves to deregulate air travel Shopping in 28 European Countries,” that ing year (see graph, page 17.) that came afterward,” Mr. Prince says. indicated broad interest in buying goods Some people move definitively across “This has enabled the likes of low-cost across borders. “People’s interests in borders, actually setting up homes in an- airlines like Ryanair and easyJet.” cross-border shopping – or at least in the other European country. It’s well known

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Total passengers on flights inbound to Estonia from selected EU countries 2003 2004 2005

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that a flood of British retirees have They believed that prosperous countries larged union. The reality was much dif- bought homes in France and, according such as Britain and Germany would soon ferent. According to the Home Office, the to EscapeArtist.com, the inflow of Euro- be flooded with cheap labour that would ministry responsible for immigration, as pean retirees has given Spain’s Costa steal jobs from workers in the host na- of September 2006, there were at least Blanca and Costa del Sol the highest per- tions. 510,000 Eastern European migrant work- centage of retired persons in the world. To allay these fears, the 15 EU nations ers in the UK. People of Nordic origin are also retiring did a variety of things. All except for The real figures are likely far higher. to the south of Spain and setting up their Britain, Ireland and Sweden used EU For one thing, they do not count the self- own little communities. Not even a hip rules which allowed them to restrict the employed, only those registered to work replacement is reason to head home to movement of workers from the new in the UK. And in the case of Polish the North. countries for up to seven years. These re- workers, the Home Office’s estimate of The right to move to another country strictions worked, but at the same time 307,000 is probably little more than half freely requires that the other country’s they prevented these countries from fully the real figure, Barbara Tuge-Erecinska, citizens have the right to move to your benefiting from an influx of new labour. the current Polish ambassador in London, country, as well. In 2004, when the EU en- The UK was one nation which threw told The Times newspaper. larged from 15 nations to include Latvia, its doors open, without restrictions, from As remarkable as the number of immi- Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Slo- the beginning. Its only attempt to allay grant workers is the ease with which they vakia, the Czech Republic and Slovenia fears was to conduct studies prior to en- have blended into society. Not only are from Eastern Europe, and the two largement which predicted that as few as they working, but also they are working Mediterranean nations of Cyprus and 13,000 workers would actually migrate hard, often holding down two or three Malta, ordinary people were uneasy. there in the first year of the newly en- jobs that ordinary Britons are loath to fill.

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They have moved to parts of the country ing home. After all, once someone has ple working in other EU countries is the such as the Scottish Highlands, which jumped through a series of complicated second most important source of external have been hemorrhaging young Scots for hoops to gain the right to work in another revenue to those countries outside foreign the last 200 years, and almost none has country, they are hardly going to put that direct investment. applied for government income support. all at risk to return home for six to eight “It ends up right in the hands of the Integration has barely been an issue. months. poor,” Willem Van Eeghen, lead econo- Philippe Legrain, the London-based In the free labour market of the EU, no mist for the World Bank’s Europe depart- author of Immigrants: Your Country Needs such obstacles exist. People can move to ment, and co-author of the report Them, said, “Britain does not need to inte- another country, work for years on end, Migration and Remittances: Eastern Europe grate Poles any more than it would have and then return to their home country and the Former Soviet Union told Diplomat. to integrate the Germans or the French.” without so much as filling in a single “When governments give aid to a poor While the integration of white Christ- form. When they return, they are just as nation, inside the EU or out, it can often ian Europeans has not been a cultural entitled to schooling and health care as go astray or be siphoned off. When a fam- problem, there have been some hitches in are people who never left. Knowing that ily member sends money home it ends up the provision of local government serv- all migration in the EU is, essentially, in the pocket of a poor family to use im- ices. No matter how hard new immi- fluid, has quelled many fears of an immi- mediately. There is no administrative leak grants work, there are only so many gration invasion in more prosperous and that is perhaps the best way to battle places in local schools, hospitals and on countries. poverty.” public transportation. Income tax revenue According to a recently published European Commission figures suggest takes time to filter down to local authori- World Bank report, circular migration has that four per cent of EU residents have ties trying cope with the sudden increase proved so successful the World Bank be- moved at least once to another EU coun- in population. lieves that other countries should imitate try. (Another three per cent have moved Mr. Legrain said, “Britain has a prob- to a country outside the EU.) And 12 per lem, more generally, with the public sec- cent have moved to another EU country tor’s ability to manage large projects. ACCORDING TO THE at least temporarily, in pursuit of training Britain’s infrastructure is not up to scratch. or education. Those most likely to move That’s true of health, education and trans- WORLD BANK, MONEY SENT included men, the young, and the better port in particular. This is largely due to educated. decades of under-investment rather than HOME TO FAMILY BY That immigration helps rather than any new arrivals from abroad.“ hinders economic growth is shown by the PEOPLE WORKING IN OTHER Overall, he said, “Immigration is over- case of Ireland. When Ireland joined the whelmingly a positive thing. The benefits EU in January 1973, it was one of the EU COUNTRIES “ENDS UP are greatly understated and while, clearly, poorest member states and has since be- there are challenges, they are not insur- RIGHT IN THE HANDS OF THE come one of the richest, often called the mountable.” Celtic Tiger. For the new worker, moving itself POOR – THE BEST WAY TO For years, Ireland was a net exporter of means the loss of support from family or people. But when the economy suddenly friends. This can be hard on elderly fam- BATTLE POVERTY.” began blooming roughly 20 years ago, ily members left behind. There is also the fewer people left. By 1995, growth was adjustment to a new culture or cultures twice the rate of the rest of Europe, and and learning a new language. But on the EU policies to encourage migrants to re- by 2003, Ireland, for the first time, was a whole, the ability to move within the EU turn home after brief periods abroad. net importer of people. has improved the quality of life for any- When speaking of immigration Says Dorian Prince, the EU ambassa- one who does it. within the EU, the often-cited positives dor to Canada: “From an economic point A 2005 survey of 24,000 EU citizens are obvious. Host nations gain a large of view, this is wonderful for Ireland. It from 25 countries conducted by Eurostat, pool of flexible labour that is both can’t continue growing at that high rate the EU’s statistics office, showed that mi- skilled and unskilled. This is good news without more people.” gration within the EU increased job satis- in the face of the looming pensions crisis Candidate nations are always seeking faction, household income, working in countries such as Britain and Ger- to enter the EU club. Theory always held conditions, commuting time and housing. many, where populations are rapidly that economies flourish in larger spaces, The same survey, which was conducted ageing. Young workers entering the and so do individual people seeking prior to the January 2007 accession of Ro- economy of these countries promise to larger fields of choice in making their mania and Bulgaria, also showed marked solve this problem. lives. improvements in the quality of schools, From the migrant perspective, the ad- It’s a principle that five decades of EU health services, recreation and even pub- vantages are equally clear. They move to existence has confirmed many times over, lic safety for migrants. a better life while still maintaining strong one that keeps nations, economies and A key to making the open labour mar- links with their home country. But what people on the move. ket work has been the policies encourag- was less clear until recently was how ben- ing “circular migration.” Prior to eficial the free movement of labour has Peter Zimonjic is a Canadian journalist enlargement, eastern Europeans wishing been to the poor people who stay behind. who covers the EU for Diplomat from to chase better jobs in prosperous EU na- According to the same World Bank re- London. Charles Enman is an Ottawa tions faced the prospect of never return- port, money sent home to family by peo- writer.

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Dorian Prince, Ambassador of the EU the oil industry and energy products. In delegation, has big plans for Canada. services, I would say Canada has as big an Before he leaves in the fall of 2010, he interest as the EU but when you look at our wants Canada and Europe to have a free economies, in most European countries, 80 trade agreement in place. Diplomat sat to 90 per cent of GDP is services. So if you down with the Welsh polyglot and concert don’t put in services, it’s hardly worth pianist to discuss these, and other plans. having an agreement. With insurance, I can see a lot of interest from Europe in the DM: What are your priorities for your Canadian market. Equally, in other areas tenure in Canada? such as financial services and IT, I can see DP: When I arrived, I was a bit disappointed. Canada doing extremely well. BRIGITTE BOUVIER I spent the last four years as ambassador in Dorian Prince: “A major breakthrough” Korea. Korea is on the other side of the DM: Surely Canada’s oil is of interest? world, they have 20 different languages, we are talking about future transatlantic DP: Geographically, it will continue to be not related to any European languages, trade issues. It’s clear the two major blocs – easier for you to get it to the United States. they’ve only been a democracy for the last North America and Europe – are not using But, in the energy sector, I think we in 10-12 years. And yet when I look at the our full potential for trade and investment. Europe have not paid enough attention to status of our political and economic On June 4th, we’ll have the EU-Canada Canada. The ability of Canada as a long- relations with Korea, frankly, they’re more Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. I think term, secure, stable supplier cannot be developed than they are with Canada. this summit could be a major breakthrough. overestimated. With Korea, we have negotiated a free I think we are looking at a number of trade agreement. We have a science and measures to help improve the whole trade DM: Have you seen much of Canada since technology agreement which is the most and investment climate. you arrived in October? advanced we have with any country. We DP: (He’s been to Quebec City, Montreal, St. have a new-generation anti-trust DM: Is Canada really just a gateway to the U.S.? John’s, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton). agreement and projects in the energy DP: You can’t negotiate something with the The first thing I realized when I arrived is sector. And we have a very intense political U.S. and automatically think it will apply to that Canada is not just Ottawa. The dialogue because of the North Korea Canada. provinces have a great deal of autonomy situation. With Canada, we have a much and each of them has a quite different view heavier institutional structure. We have all DM: Do you agree with Charest’s vision of of Europe, I would guess. these committees. On shared values, the EU free movement of people? is much closer to Canada than Korea. But DP: I think it would be in our interest. It DM: And you’ll get up North at least during we’ve actually done very little of practical seems to me that areas such as movement the Foreign Affairs Northern Tour. value. of workers, encouragement of exchanges of DP: My predecessor said that’s the one thing Over the next four years, to be absolutely students and researchers, mutual I must do. Another reason I want to go is brutal, I would want to bring our relations recognition of diplomas and qualifications, that I learned the Korean language when I with Canada to the same level of tangible I think would be highly beneficial. What was there and I was fascinated to read that results as we have with Korea. That’s strikes me about Canada when I compare it Korean is not only related to Turkish and ambitious but it should not be. If it’s to the EU, on mutual recognition of Finnish but also Inuit. When I arrived in possible between two countries that have diplomas, Canada doesn’t have an open Ottawa, there’s a stone sculpture outside absolutely no shared history, it should be market like the EU. When we talk about the airport and I asked (my driver) why possible with Canada. movement of labour, it’s not simply a there was a Korean sculpture there. He said question of people getting work permits. it was Inuit. DM: What are your thoughts on Jean Just look at the number of doctors who When I was in Quebec City, I went into Charest’s proposal for a free trade qualify in the UK but then go and practice the Museum des Civilization, which is very agreement between Canada and Europe? in France and Germany. It would be difficult beautiful, and they have their Salles des DP: I think it’s a very welcome initiative and (to do with Canada) but it would be Nations. I walked into the room and they I think it’s an idea that’s very much extremely worthwhile. had a TV screen and they had a Korean supported by the business community in being interviewed. I listened and I thought Canada, and in Europe. But we have to put DM: With respect to trade with Canada, his Korean was quite strange but I could still this in a slightly broader context. The what would the EU find beneficial? understand quite a bit of it. In features, I German Chancellor, Ms. (Angela) Merkel, is DP: When we’re talking about a trade was convinced he was Korean but I looked very much pushing a new transatlantic agreement, what the EU would hope to on the sign and it said this is Mr. I-can’t- trade group so we are now in a very export would be machine tools and high- remember-his-name, chief of the Inuit tribe interesting situation where for the first time value engineering equipment to be used in in Northern Quebec.

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Quebec’s push for a Canada-EU free trade agreement Premier Jean Charest says it’s “crucial,” and Prime Minister Stephen Harper is “very enthusiastic.”

By Jeff Esau

Quebec Premier Jean Charest (right) and Quebec Economic Development and Trade Minister Raymond Bachand made a splash at the World Economic Forum in Davos in late January when they proposed a Canada-EU trade agreement. GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC

hen Quebec Premier Jean tional security, development aid and the about the scheme. Charest made the rounds in fight against poverty. Accompanying Mr. Charest was Que- WEurope at the end of January, Mr. Charest unveiled his international bec’s minister of economic affairs, Ray- he told European leaders that a “new- agenda at the World Economic Forum in mond Bachand, who handles the FTA file. generation” Canada-EU free trade agree- Davos, Switzerland. He pitched his pro- He said reaction to the FTA proposal was ment (FTA) is “crucial” and must go posal to Germany’s minister of the econ- positive, not only from politicians but beyond mere mutual economic prosper- omy, Michael Glos, and to the European from the more than 20 CEOs he met with ity. He said co-operation should extend to commissioner for trade, Peter Mandelson. individually. “cultural, political and institutional According to Mr. Charest, Prime Minister In a February interview with Diplomat, spheres” like global warming, interna- Stephen Harper was “very enthusiastic” Mr. Bachand said this “21st-century” FTA

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proposal – which encompasses many tempting to liberalize trade and improve non-trade issues such as the mobility of labour mobility worldwide. But WTO TRADING SPACES workers and the recognition of their pro- talks in Doha in 2006 bogged down over fessional qualifications – would trigger an agricultural trade, with Canada con- Canada’s trade deficit with the European influx of investment and expertise to tributing to the failure by refusing to give Union tripled over a decade from nearly Canada. This would give Canada a up supply management – a system where $6 billion in 1995 to 19.4 billion in 2004, stronger voice in trade negotiations with the government fixes prices on some according to a Statistics Canada report China, India and other Asian markets, he commodities to assure farmers a profit. released last spring. Over the decade said, and solve Canada’s problems with Mr. Bachand and Mr. Langrish both said studied, it peaked at $21.5 billion in an ageing population and shrinking 2002. During the same period, imports workforce. WILLIAM DYMOND: from the EU to Canada increased at twice Mr. Bachand said a Canada-EU deal the pace of exports. would also entice the U.S. into a “power- “WHY WOULD Exports to the EU from Canada rose on ful” Europe-North America bloc. The average 3.5 per cent per year; imports Canada-EU summit on June 4 in Heili- CANADA UNDERTAKE meanwhile, jumped at an average rate of gendamm, Germany, just before the G8 7.1 per cent annually. They were summit which is also in Heiligendamm, THE SIGNIFICANT outpaced only by the monumental surge June 6-8, is the target date for a deal. He in imports from China. said Quebec is leading the effort because COMMITMENTS Primarily, Canada sends machinery – of its strong ties to Europe and because particularly aircraft engines – to the EU. “many of the sectors we are speaking INVOLVED WITH Those exports hit $7.5 billion in 2004. about are within provincial jurisdiction. Canadian imports of EU pharmaceutical But of course at the end of the day it will THE EU, A MINOR products grew to $4.2 billion in the same be a Canadian initiative.” year, making the EU responsible for half At first glance, the statistics make a TRADING PARTNER of Canada’s total imports of compelling case for a Canada-EU free pharmaceutical products. trade pact. Europe represents more than THAT’S BECOMING Canada’s Northern diamond exports 450 million consumers in 25 countries, made up for a lot of its trade deficit with and the federal government estimates EVER MORE MINOR?” precious stones and metals increasing Canadian annual exports – aside from from just under $200 million in 1995 to a agriculture – would increase by $2.4 bil- whopping $3.3 billion by 2004. Half of lion if the proposed FTA became a reality. that amount was solely diamond trade. Jason Langrish, executive director of In terms of dollar value, Quebec and the Canada Europe Roundtable for Busi- Ontario are Canada’s biggest sources of ness, said the FTA would “give us lever- exports to the EU. Of all of Canada's age in dealing with the U.S. because they exports to the EU, half came from know we are so reliant on them.” Quebec and Ontario. But William Dymond, a senior executive fellow at the Centre for Trade Policy Source: Statistics Canada and Law in Ottawa, said pursuing a Canada-EU FTA is based “mainly on sen- timent and history.” Mr. Dymond is for- the Charest proposal is realistic, leaving mer official with the Canadian mission to out agriculture because Quebec doesn’t the European Union in Brussels and want to raise the same issue that stymied worked on the NAFTA negotiations. In the WTO. 2002, he co-wrote an article in Policy Op- While Mr. Bachand argued Canada tions titled “A Canada-EU FTA is an Aw- needs to move quickly on a deal with Eu- ful Idea” where he argued the EU isn’t rope because WTO negotiations have deeply interested in preferential access to stalled, Mr. Dymond said the WTO has Canadian markets. He said we would already removed most barriers, and a end up “modifying our current laws and Canada-EU agreement would jeopardize practices whenever they conflicted with Canada’s U.S. markets. European practices.” Prime Minister Harper may be keen on In a recent interview, he said Canada Mr. Charest’s FTA proposal, but the De- should focus on non-trade issues with the partment of Foreign Affairs and Interna- U.S., its biggest trading partner. “Why tional Trade sounds cautious. would Canada undertake the significant Spokesperson Anne-Marie Parent said, commitments involved with the EU, a mi- “Should WTO talks not bear fruit, we nor trading partner that’s becoming ever would want to revisit with the EU how more minor?” to achieve our trade interests.” While Premier Charest is mulling Eu- rope, the World Trade Organization is at- Jean Charest in Davos Jeff Esau is an Ottawa writer.

DIPLOMAT AND INTERNATIONAL CANADA 21 DELIGHTS|BOOKS

The Afghan Conundrum Glimpses through the fog of war

By George Abraham

he more things change in Afghanistan, the more they stay the Tsame. Five years after the first western troops landed in the Panjshir Valley to take on the Taliban and al-Qaeda, there is word that a spring offensive by these same elements could undo the work. There is much at stake and the implica- tions of a defeat are unthinkable. Unlike Iraq, there are too many armies and governments involved in the fight in Afghanistan and too many fault lines that criss-cross the blighted nation. The mission in Afghanistan is the closest we have to an international consensus, and yet “success” may be an illusion. It is hard to tell which way the battle is going. We read about gun-slinging warlords, bazaars selling weapons, Kabul’s limited writ, NATO as an “occupying for a Muslim.” Each pilgrim got bottled Valley as guests and allies of the North- force,” the resurgent opium trade, too lit- water, a Pashto-language newspaper and ern Alliance. Besides the regular spyware, tle reconstruction and the sense that ordi- solar-powered radios that tuned in only the team carried nearly $13 million in nary Afghans are no better off than they to “friendly” frequencies. The bonus for cash to disburse among warring anti-Tal- were under the Soviets or the Taliban. the coalition was the huge influence the iban forces. As the author says, “You can- Is it a case of the media – to use Robert “hajjis” have as religious scholars on their not buy an Afghan’s loyalty, but you can Kaplan’s indictment – seeking “moral return. rent it.” perfectionism” in a land that has known Mr. Maloney is glad Canada is in the no peace for more than a generation? fight, in sharp contrast with “the stench Hy S. Rothstein, Afghanistan and the The book selections this month speak of hypocrisy and risk-adverse behaviour” Troubled Future of Unconventional to the uncharted strategic terrain that of many NATO members. Warfare, Naval Institute Press (2006), 220 Afghanistan represents. pages Gary C. Schroen, First in: An Insider’s Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the As a former special forces officer, Mr. in Afghanistan, by Sean M. Maloney, War on Terror in Afghanistan, Ballantine Rothstein brings a critical eye to military Potomac Books (2005), 336 pages Books (2006), 380 pages strategy in Afghanistan. A tenet of unconventional warfare, he says, is “to help win As a teacher at the Royal Military College This CIA insider offers even more evi- in Kingston and a military historian, Mr. dence of the soft approach that has been Maloney’s first-hand accounts from the hallmark of the Afghan campaign. Afghan bases in 2003 and 2004 offer a de- Full of fascinating vignettes, this book re- tailed narrative of how the war is being veals for instance that President Hamid waged. He finds much that is going right Karzai was nearly killed in October 2001 in Afghanistan and provides instances of when a B-52 dropped a 2,000-pound coalition forces bringing the right amount bomb close to where the future president of sensitivity to their operations in this was meeting a CIA officer. An American fragile nation. special services officer working with Mr. Case in point: chartered Haj flights or- Karzai’s Pashtun guerrillas north of Kan- ganized from the Kandahar airfield dur- dahar had mistakenly called in his own ing Ramadan in 2003. A total of 710 geo-coordinates rather than the position pilgrims were flown to Saudi Arabia to of a Taliban unit nearby. make the trip to Mecca. “The irony was Mr. Schroen is a Middle East-South not lost on me … the opponents of the Asia veteran and has written a detailed righteous Taliban and the antagonists of account of how he led the first American the saintly Osama bin Laden, arranging team (“Jawbreaker”) into Afghanistan af- the most sacred personal religious event ter 9/11, spending 33 days in the Panjshir

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a war by working with, as opposed to cates. The American (and Canadian) foot- neutralizing or fighting around, local print in Afghanistan is far lighter than populations.” In another section, he sug- that of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. The gests that “imprecise use of force can continuing debate over whether to eradi- ultimately prove counterproductive,” cate Afghanistan’s poppy crop is a sign driving people into the arms of the Tal- that the NATO coalition is avoiding any iban and al-Qaeda. He argues that the scorched-earth policy. In the end, you wonder if the war Mr. Rothstein would have waged is any different from the one THE HAND-HOLDING currently being fought. Pervez Musharraf, In the Line of Fire: A OF WARLORDS AND Memoir, Free Press (2006), 355 pages THE COALITION’S Here is the ultimate political insider’s ac- CONTINUED RELIANCE count. If Afghanistan has been compared to the Vietnam quagmire, Pakistan’s role ON THEIR GOODWILL parallels Cambodia’s – unable or unwill- ing to stop the free flow of men and arms ARE WHAT MR. ROTH- across its border to the neighbouring con- lengths to dispel “tendentious stories flict. The strategy of manipulating casting aspersions on our counter-terror- STEIN ADVOCATES. Afghan affairs to maximize Pakistan’s in- ism operations” by giving blow-by-blow fluence often backfires, as it did in sup- accounts of al-Qaeda arrests and citing porting the Taliban in the 1990s only to his own close escapes from death as evi- soon realize that this was one uncontrol- dence of his sincerity. His implicit warn- U.S. tendency is to “liberally apply fire- lable genie. Similarly, President Mushar- ing to Canada and others: If you push me power” and accuses military planners of raf played favourites with Mr. Karzai too far, you will have the same unholy repeating mistakes made in Vietnam. because he distrusted the Northern Al- mess in Pakistan as well. The hand-holding of warlords and the liance, viewing it as a stooge of Russia, coalition’s continued reliance on their Iran and India. George Abraham is Diplomat’s contribut- goodwill are what Mr. Rothstein advo- The Pakistan president goes to great ing editor.

DIPLOMAT AND INTERNATIONAL CANADA 23 DELIGHTS|ENTERTAINING

Appetizers must capture attention

ontinuing my series on the various vres. The use of orien- martinis, to seductive sushi rolls, tuna courses of a menu, we move from tal porcelain spoons carpaccio and irresistible teased catfish Chors d’oeuvres to appetizers. Just frequently facilitates Oriental salad. as I insist that hors d’oeuvres should be this option. As well, Usually, the appetizer is served once something superb, something unique in many appetizers con- everyone has been seated. However, for terms of ingredients and presentation, veniently lend them- large sit-down events, lunches or in gen- my same strategy holds true for appetiz- selves to being eral when time is at a premium, appetizers. After all, first impressions count. transformed into a ers may already be placed on the table at

Appetizers are the first course served MARGARET main course dish by individual place settings before guests are at the table and thus must capture every- DICKENSON adding what I refer to seated. Of course, guests should only be- one’s attention. Recipes and ingredients as “a salad dimension” or by increasing gin eating once the host has done so, or should be tempting; presentation should the portion size or the quantity of particu- has invited guests to begin. be inviting. Guests appreciate exotic ap- lar elements. These make a refreshing al- Bon Appétit. petizers. Well-accepted choices for appe- ternative for a brunch as well as a “light” tizers include seafood, smoked fish, lunch menu. With a little imagination, Margaret Dickenson is author of the in- terrines, pâté, foie gras and stuffed cre- this technique can be applied to virtually ternational award-winning cookbook ations of all kinds. Also included on the all my appetizers from the prosciutto Margaret’s Table - Easy Cooking & Inspiring list, are carpaccios of this or that, goat wrapped wasabi pears (recipe to follow), Entertaining. (www.margaretssenseofoc- cheese, dried meats and enticing combi- and smoked salmon kasha (or wild rice) casion.com). nations with certain fruits (such as figs, melons and persimmons). In our home however, we achieve the perception of exotic by bringing ordinary ingredients together to create extraordi- nary recipes. Often I simply sear small floured squares of affordable pâté, drop them on mounds of garlic buttered lentils and drizzle them with a balsamic red wine sauce. On other occasions, I quickly rub a simple peeled and cored pear with a touch of wasabi, stuff it with soft unripened goat’s cheese and wrap it in a shawl of proscuitto. So you see, exotic doesn’t have to be expensive. Innovative combinations, which delight both the eye and the palate, flatter guests. The host’s efforts to present something original are well appreciated. Let’s face it, we are living in a time when people enjoy a culinary adventure – something beyond the traditional, predictable fare. To make appetizers look luxurious, serve them on oversized plates or bowls, plates of unusual shapes, in seashells or edible containers such as pastry cups. Certainly stacks (whether on plates or in glasses) impress and intrigue. Nor can one deny the level of flavour such tech- niques are capable of achieving. When it comes to serving sizes, appetizers should be substantial without being overwhelming. An appetizer should stim- ulate the appetite, somewhat appease it, and set the tone for what is to come. I have found that most appetizers can easily be adapted to become hors d’oeu- LARRY DICKENSON

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PROSCIUTTO-WRAPPED WASABI PEARS

Makes 4 servings

Whenever possible, I like to add a bit of easy pizzazz to a meal. The textures, colours and flavours orchestrated into this appetizer, are dramatic and irresistible. Basically an assembly recipe, it is ideal when hosting a few last-minute guests.

4 whole ripe pears (e.g., Bosc, each: 4 oz or 115 g), peeled and cored with stems attached 2 tsp (10 mL) wasabi paste, divided 4 tbsp (60 mL) soft unripened goat cheese (first addition) 4 slices (thin) prosciutto ham (total weight: 3 oz or 85 g) 8 fresh young sprigs of cilantro

Garnish 2 tbsp (30 mL) soft unripened goat cheese (second addition) 2 tbsp (30 mL) sieved blackberry jam

1. Shortly before serving, rub all interior and exterior surfaces of each pear with wasabi paste (about 1/4 tsp or 1 mL per pear).

2. Fill cavity of individual pears with 1 tbsp (15 mL) of goat cheese.

3. Place each stuffed pear in centre of an oversized dinner plate; wrap pear elegantly with one slice of prosciutto ham.

4. Tuck sprigs of cilantro dramatically into folds of ham at pear stem.

5. To complete each presentation, garnish plates artistically with a small scoop of goat cheese (1 1/2 tsp or 8 mL) and driz- zles of sieved blackberry jam (1 1/2 tsp or 8 mL).

6. At (or near) top of plate, add an individual drop of wasabi to be consumed as (or if) desired.

Note: Soft unripened goat cheese freezes well. Simply put leftovers in an airtight plastic bag and freeze it for future use.

Shopping tip: Purchase pears with stems (for attractive presentation) and only se- lect pears that are ripe (i.e., not hard) as they must be eaten with a fork and knife.

DIPLOMAT AND INTERNATIONAL CANADA 25 DELIGHTS|WINE

The difference between spending $20 and $70? Sometimes nothing.

was recently asked if I could teach only the healthiest tell the difference between a bad wine someone to tell the difference between get into the wine. Af- and a great wine? It’s usually not related Ia $20 bottle of wine and a $70 bottle of ter that, the grapes to price. Some of the most expensive wine. It took me a while to answer the must be pressed wines are dead, far before their time. question. “Did I even know the differ- very gently, lower- Even when first being released to the ence?” ing the yield even public, they can have flavour, but no soul. I’m not a wine snob in any sense. I am more (the more you They just taste . . . dead. It’s the difference equally happy quaffing a $10 bottle of ba- press, the more juice between eating a freshly picked tomato STEPHEN BECKTA sic wine at a pool party out of a plastic PHOTO: PAUL COUVRETTE you get, along with out of your mother’s garden, versus the cup as I am debating the virtues of a bitter tastes and tex- pieces of chopped tomato on top of a slice revered first growth over a multi-course tures of the skins and seeds). Finally, for of pizza that has been sitting under a heat many wines, producers buy new, $1,000 lamp in the local pizza joint for a few French oak barrels in which to age and hours. One makes you feel alive; the SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE season their wine. Mustn’t forget about other offers you mere calories. the marketing budget for nice labels. Pro- So how do you spot the wines with WINES ARE DEAD, FAR BEFORE ducers also have to store the wine and soul? If only it were listed it on the label. THEIR TIME. EVEN WHEN pay salespeople while carrying an incred- There is no sure-fire way of picking them ible inventory costs. out of a wine-store lineup, but here is a FIRST BEING RELEASED TO THE So now you know how to make an ex- little help: pensive wine. But do you know how to - Small is better. It’s hard to make great PUBLIC, THEY CAN HAVE food for a million people at the same FLAVOUR, BUT NO SOUL. time. Ditto for wine. - Buy the producer, not the region. Just Sacred Hill because a wine comes from a great vine- dégustation menu. But, at my restaurant, Sauvignon Blanc, yard or region doesn’t mean that the I do consider it my job to offer wines that a wine with soul, winemaker knew how to bring out the fill people with joy, regardless of price. won’t set you back life in the wine. Great producers get their more than $15. To understand price, let’s explore what good names by interfering with the wine it costs to produce a so-called premium as little as possible. wine. First, there’s the cost of the land on - Trust your palate, not your precon- which the grapes grow. For the most part, ception. Countless times a label has anyone can make decent Cabernet in the caused me to like or dislike a wine based best vineyard sites in Napa or a fine Pinot upon what I am supposed to do. You are Noir on the majestic slopes of Cham- supposed to like expensive Bordeaux. bertin in Burgundy. This is why the land You are not supposed to like a basic coun- there is expensive. The terroir, as the try wine as much. Be open to a local French call it, or the taste of the land, is country wine offering more than the very good in these places. Grand Chateau and it just might. How to Next, there are yields. In hot regions tell the difference between a $20 wine and with rich soils, it’s easy to harvest 12 tons a $70 wine? The one that has more soul of grapes per acre of land with sparsely should cost $70. But often, it doesn’t. planted vines. The wine that will be pro- Here are a few wines with soul that I duced from these vines will be alcoholic have found lately: water with very little flavour. To concen- trate the wine, growers must plant Sacred Hill Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborogh, densely so the plants compete for the wa- New Zealand 2005 (LCBO General List $15) ter and nutrients in the soil. They must also “green harvest”, the process of cut- Le Clos Jordanne Pinot Noir “Village”, ting off bunches of grapes early in the Niagara 2004 (Vintages $25) year so that the vine can put all of its efforts into the remaining bunches, result- Bon Courage Shiraz, Robertson, ing in more concentrated and ripe fruit. South Africa 2004 (Consignment, $16, Next there is the expensive process of [email protected]) hand-sorting to pick out only the best grapes, without rot or mildew, from the Stephen Beckta is the owner and somme- rest of the harvest. That way, they ensure lier at Beckta dining & wine.

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5. THIS PAGE 1. French Ambassador Daniel Jouanneau and his wife Odile were king and queen of the Snowflake Ball this year. The ball took place Feb. 10 at the Ottawa Congress Centre. Photo: Dyanne Wilson. • 2. Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean arrives at the Black and White Opera Soirée at the National Arts Centre on Feb. 17. Photo: Dyanne Wilson. • 3. Margus Hallik, of Estonia, races down the slopes of Camp Fortune on Jan. 27. He placed third among the men at the Ottawa Diplomatic Association’s annual ski day. Photo: Sam Garcia. • 4. Austrian Ambassador Otto Ditz and his wife Maureen at their national day reception held at their Rockcliffe residence Oct. 26. Photo: Austrian Embassy. • 5. Slovenian Ambassador Tomaz Kunstelj poses with his daughter at the annual diplomat’s tour of Win- terlude put on by the National Capital Commission and The Westin. Photo: Markus Antonsson. • 6. Diplomats pose in front of a snow sculpture at Winterlude. In front: Slovakian Ambassador Stanislav Opiela poses in front. Left to right: His wife, Viera Opielova, Australian High Commissioner Bill Fisher, Panamanian Ambassador Romy Vasquez, Norwegian Ambassador Tor Berntin Naess and Icelandic Am- bassador Markus Orn Antonsson.

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Terry Fox’s legacy of hope

By Laura Neilson Bonikowsky

pril marks an emotional Cana- money. He drew dian anniversary, though it inspiration from Ahardly seems possible that 27 the crowds, tough- years have passed since Terry Fox ran his ing out the pain of Marathon of Hope. Terry’s determination sores and abra- to make a difference lives on in the an- sions under his nual run that was born Apr. 12, 1980, prosthesis. On when he dipped his prosthetic leg into Sept. 1, 1980, after a strong start from the cold Atlantic off St. John’s. Thunder Bay, he developed had a pain in Terry was born July 28, 1958 in Win- his chest that couldn’t be eased. He kept nipeg, the second of four children. He going until there were no more people was a patient and persistent child. He along the road, then climbed wearily into loved long games, and spent many hours the van driven by his friend Doug. The with the table-hockey game, devising cancer had returned and was lodged in complicated season schedules. He’d play his lung. for both teams, even after his interest After 143 days and 5,373 km, Terry re- waned, because he “wanted to see who turned to Port Coquitlam. He told a press won.” conference: “I’ll fight. I promise I won’t In Grade 8, Terry’s greatest wish was give up.” For the next 10 months he to play basketball, but he wasn’t a natu- fought as hard as he could against the ral. His coach tried to steer him toward other sports, like cross-country running, but he never gave up his goal. Sheer de- AS AN ATHLETE, HE WAS USED termination got Mr. Fox on the team, TO PAIN, BUT NEAR THE END OF ranked 19th out of 19 players. He had one minute of game time all season. But he HIS FIRST YEAR, HE DEVELOPED persevered, practicing early every morn- A NEW PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. ing. His persistence paid off; by Grade 12, IN MARCH 1977, HE LEARNED he was co-winner, with his friend Doug IT WAS NOT THE CARTILAGE Alward, of the athlete of the year award PROBLEM HE’D SUSPECTED, at his Port Coquitlam, B.C. high school. Mr. Fox continued playing basketball at BUT A TUMOUR. THE CURE? Simon Fraser University. As an athlete, he AMPUTATION ABOVE THE KNEE. was used to pain, but near the end of his first year, he developed a new pain in his right knee. In March 1977, he learned it disease ravaging his young body. Though was not the cartilage problem he’d sus- honoured with many awards, including pected, but a tumour. The cure? Amputa- the Order of Canada, he refused the role tion above the knee. of hero. The night before his surgery, after Terry died, surrounded by his family, reading about an amputee runner, Terry June 28, 1981, one month before his 23rd decided to conquer this new challenge. birthday. Across the nation, people He endured 16 months of chemotherapy; mourned the loss of the young man with watched the people around him at the the amiable smile. cancer clinic; and decided to do more Today, people around the world re- than help himself. He wanted to help find member him as they participate in the an- a cure. Never one to set easy goals, he de- nual Terry Fox Run and contribute to the cided to run across Canada to raise Terry Fox Foundation, which has raised awareness and funds for cancer research. more than $360 million for cancer re- His distinctive hop-skip run carried search. him nearly 40 km per day. As word of his cause spread, people lined the streets, ap- Laura Neilson Bonikowsky is the associ- plauding, urging him on, and giving ate editor of the Canadian Encyclopedia.

30 MARCH—APRIL 2007 AFGHANISTAN AZERBAIJAN TEL 236-0028 FAX 236-1139 CHINA His Ex. Omar Samad His Ex. Fakhraddin Gurbanov [email protected] His Ex. Lu Shumin Embassy of Afghanistan Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan www.bhembassy.ca Embassy of the People’s Republic of 246 Queen Street, Suite 400 275 Slater Street, Suite 904-C China Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E4 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H9 BRAZIL 515 St. Patrick Street TEL 563-4223 FAX 563-4962 TEL 288-0497 FAX 230-8089 His Ex. Valdemar Carneiro Leäo Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5H3 [email protected] Embassy of the Federative Republic TEL. 789-3434 FAX 789-1412 www.afghanemb-canada.net BAHAMAS of Brazil www.chinaembassycanada.org His Ex. Philip P. Smith 450 Wilbrod Street

ALBANIA High Commission for The Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6M8 COLOMBIA CONTACTS His Ex. Besnik Konci Commonwealth of The Bahamas TEL 237-1090 FAX 237-6144 His Ex. Jaime Giron Duarte Embassy of the Republic of Albania 50 O’Connor Street, Suite 1313 [email protected] Embassy of the Republic of Colombia 130 Albert Street, Suite 302 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L2 360 Albert Street, Suite 1002 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 TEL. 232-1724 FAX 232-0097 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7 TEL 236-4114 FAX 236-0804 [email protected] Her Ex. Magdalene Chee Siong Teo TEL 230-3760 FAX 230-4416 [email protected] High Commission for Brunei [email protected] BANGLADESH Darussalam www.embajadacolombia.ca ALGERIA High Commission for the People’s 395 Laurier Avenue East His Ex. Smail Benamara Republic of Bangladesh Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6R4 CONGO (ZAIRE) Embassy of the People’s Democratic 275 Bank Street, Suite 302 TEL 234-5656 FAX 234-4397 Ms. Louise Nzanga Ramazani Republic of Algeria Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2L6 [email protected] Chargé d’Affaires 500 Wilbrod Street TEL 236-0138 FAX 567-3213 Embassy of the Democratic Republic Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N2 [email protected] BULGARIA of the Congo TEL 789-8505 FAX 789-1406 www.bdhc.org His Ex. Evgueni Stoychev 18 Range Road www.embassyalgeria.ca/eng.htm Chargé d’Affaires Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8J3 BARBADOS Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria TEL 230-6391 FAX 230-1945 DIPLOMATIC DIPLOMATIC ANGOLA His Ex. Glyne Samuel Murray 325 Stewart Street His Ex. Miguel Maria N. Puna High Commission for Barbados Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6K5 COSTA RICA Embassy of the Republic of Angola 55 Metcalfe St. #470 TEL 789-3215 FAX 789-3524 Embassy of the Republic of Costa Rica 189 Laurier Avenue East Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 6L5 325 Dalhousie Street, Suite 407 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6P1 TEL 236-9517 FAX 230-4362 BURKINA FASO Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7G2 TEL 234-1152 FAX 234-1179 [email protected] Her Ex. Juliette Bonkoungou TEL. 562-2855 FAX 562-2582 [email protected] Embassy of Burkina Faso [email protected] www.embangola-can.org BELARUS 48 Range Road www.costaricaembassy.com Her Ex. Nina Mazai Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8J4 ARGENTINA Embassy of the Republic of Belarus TEL 238-4796 FAX 238-3812 CÔTE D’IVOIRE His Ex. Arturo Bothamley 130 Albert Street, Suite 600 [email protected] Her Ex. Dienebou Kaba Embassy of the Argentine Republic Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 www.ambaburkina-canada.org Embassy of the Republic of 81 Metcalfe Street 7th Floor TEL 233-9994 FAX 233-8500 Côte d’Ivoire Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6K7 [email protected] BURUNDI 9 Marlborough Avenue TEL 236-2351 FAX 235-2659 Her Ex. Appolonie Simbizi Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8E6 [email protected] BELGIUM Embassy of the Republic of Burundi TEL. 236-9919 FAX 563-8287 www.argentina-canada.net His Ex. Jean Lint 325 Dalhousie Street, Suite 815 [email protected] Embassy of Belgium Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7G2 www.ambaci-ottawa.org ARMENIA 360 Albert Street, Suite 820 TEL 789-0414 FAX 789-9537 His Ex. Ara Papian Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7 [email protected] CROATIA Embassy of the Republic of Armenia TEL 236-7267 FAX 236-7882 http://ambabucanada.le-site.info Her Ex. Vesela Mrden Kora´c 7 Delaware Avenue [email protected] Embassy of the Republic of Croatia Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0Z2 www.diplomatie.be/ottawa CAMEROON 229 Chapel Street TEL 234-3710 FAX 234-3444 High Commission for the Republic Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7Y6 [email protected] BENIN of Cameroon TEL. 562-7820 FAX 562-7821 www.armembassycanada.ca His Ex. Francis Loko 170 Clemow Avenue [email protected] Embassy of the Republic of Benin Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2B4 www.croatiaemb.net AUSTRALIA 58 Glebe Avenue TEL 236-1522 FAX 236-3885 His Ex. William Fisher Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2C3 CUBA Australian High Commission TEL 233-4429 FAX 233-8952 CHAD His Ex. Ernesto Antonio Senti 50 O’Connor, Suite 710 [email protected] 340 Gloucester St. #606 Embassy of the Republic of Cuba Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L2 Ottawa, ON 388 Main Street TEL 236-0841 FAX 236-4376 BOLIVIA K1R 1A8 Ottawa, Ontario K1S 1E3 www.canada.embassy.gov.au Embassy of the Republic of Bolivia TEL: (613) 236-4861 TEL. 563-0141 FAX 563-0068 130 Albert Street, Suite 416 FAX: (6130 230-2061 [email protected] AUSTRIA Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 www.embacuba.ca His Ex. Otto Ditz TEL 236-5730 FAX 236-8237 CHILE Embassy of the Republic of Austria [email protected] His Ex. Eugenio Ortega Riquelme CZECH REPUBLIC 445 Wilbrod Street Embassy of the Republic of Chile His Ex. Pavel Vosalik Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6M7 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 50 O’Connor Street, Suite 1413 Embassy of the Czech Republic TEL 789-1444 FAX 789-3431 His Ex. Milenko Misic Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L2 251 Cooper Street [email protected] Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina TEL 235-9940 FAX 235-1176 Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0G2 130 Albert Street, Suite 805 [email protected] TEL. 562-3875 FAX 562-3878 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 www.chile.ca [email protected]

DIPLOMAT AND INTERNATIONAL CANADA | EMBASSIES | HIGH COMMISSIONS | OTHER INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES 31 DENMARK F.Y.R. OF MACEDONIA GUYANA IRELAND His Ex. Poul Erik Dam Kristensen His Ex. Sasko Nasev His Ex. Rajnarine Singh His Ex. Declan Kelly Royal Danish Embassy Embassy of the Former Yugoslav High Commission for the Republic Embassy of Ireland 47 Clarence Street, Suite 450 Republic of Macedonia of Guyana 130 Albert Street, Suite 1105 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9K1 130 Albert Street, Suite 1006 151 Slater Street, Suite 309 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 TEL. 562-1811 FAX 562-1812 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3 TEL. 233-6281 FAX 233-5835 [email protected] TEL. 234-3882 FAX 233-1852 TEL. 235-7249 FAX 235-1447 [email protected] www.ambottawa.um.dk FINLAND HAITI ISRAEL

CONTACTS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC His Ex. Pasi Mikael Patokallio Embassy of the Republic of Haiti His Ex. Alan Baker His Ex. Eduardo J. Tejera Embassy of the Republic of Finland 130 Albert Street, Suite 1409 Embassy of Israel Embassy of the Dominican Republic 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 850 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5P2 50 O’Connor Street, Suite 1005 130 Albert Street, Suite 418 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L5 TEL. 238-1628 FAX 238-2986 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L2 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 TEL. 288-2233 FAX 288-2244 [email protected] TEL. 567-6450 FAX 567-9878 TEL. 569-9893 FAX 569-8673 [email protected] [email protected] www.drembassy.org HOLY SEE www.embassyofIsreal.ca FRANCE His Ex. The Most Rev. Luigi Ventura ECUADOR His Ex. Daniel Jouanneau Apostolic Nunciature ITALY His Ex. Fernando Ribadeneira Embassy of France 724 Manor Avenue His Ex. Gabriele Sardo Fernández-Salvador 42 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1M 0E3 Embassy of the Italian Republic Embassy of the Republic of Ecuador Ottawa, Ontario K1M 2C9 TEL. 746-4914 FAX 746-4786 275 Slater Street, 21st Floor 50 O’Connor Street, Suite 316 TEL. 789-1795 FAX 562-3704 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H9 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L2 www.ambafrance-ca.org HONDURAS TEL. 232-2401 FAX 233-1484 TEL. 563-4286 FAX 235-5776 Embassy of the Republic of [email protected] GABON Honduras www.italyincanada.com EGYPT His Ex. Joseph Obian Ndoutoume 151 Slater Street, Suite 805 DIPLOMATIC DIPLOMATIC His Ex. Mahmoud F. El-Saeed Embassy of the Gabonese Republic Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3 JAMAICA Embassy of the Arab Republic of 4 Range Road, P.O. Box 368 TEL. 233-8900 FAX 232-0193 Her Ex. Evadne Coye Egypt Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8J5 Jamaican High Commission 454 Laurier Avenue East TEL. 232-5301 FAX 232-6916 HUNGARY 275 Slater Street, Suite 800 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6R3 [email protected] His Ex. Pál Vastagh Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H9 TEL. 234-4931 FAX 234-4398 Embassy of the Republic of TEL. 233-9311 FAX 233-0611 [email protected] GERMANY Hungary [email protected] www.mfa.gov.eg His Ex. Matthias Martin Höpfner 299 Waverley Street Embassy of the Federal Republic of Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0V9 JAPAN ERITREA Germany TEL. 230-2717 FAX 230-7560 His Ex. Sadaaki Numata Ms. Nura Mohammed Omer 1 Waverley Street www.docuweb.ca/Hungary Embassy of Japan Office of the Embassy of Eritrea in Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0T8 255 Sussex Drive Ottawa TEL. 232-1101 FAX 594-9330 ICELAND Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9E6 Consul [email protected] His Ex. Markus Örn Antonsson TEL. 241-8541 FAX 241-7415 75 Albert Street, Suite 610 Embassy of Iceland [email protected] Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E7 GHANA 360 Albert Street, Suite 710 www.ca.emb-japan.go.jp TEL. 234-3989 FAX 234-6213 Her Ex. Margaret Ivy Amoakohene Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7 High Commission for the Republic TEL. 482-1944 FAX 482-1945 JORDAN EL SALVADOR of Ghana [email protected] His Ex. Nabil Ali Barto His Ex. Mauricio Rosales Rivera 1 Clemow Avenue Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom Embassy of the Republic of El Salvador Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2A9 INDIA of Jordan 209 Kent Street TEL. 236-0871 FAX 236-0874 High Commission for the Republic 100 Bronson Avenue, Suite 701 Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1Z8 [email protected] of India Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6G8 TEL. 238-2939 FAX 238-6940 www.ghc-ca.com 10 Springfield Road TEL. 238-8090 FAX 232-3341 [email protected] Ottawa, Ontario K1M 1C9 GREECE TEL. 744-3751 FAX 744-0913 KENYA ESTONIA His Ex. Yannis Mourikis [email protected] High Commission for the Republic Rasmus Lumi Embassy of the Hellenic Republic www.hciottawa.ca of Kenya Chargé d’Affaires 80 MacLaren Street, Suite 76 Her Ex. Judith Mbula Bahemuka Embassy of the Republic of Estonia Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0K6 INDONESIA 415 Laurier Avenue East 260 Dalhousie Street, Suite 210 TEL. 238-6271 FAX 238-5676 His Ex. Djoko Hardono Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6R4 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7E4 [email protected] Embassy of the Republic of TEL. 563-1773 FAX 233-6599 TEL. 789-4222 FAX 789-9555 www.greekembassy.ca Indonesia [email protected] [email protected] 55 Parkdale Avenue www.kenyahighcommission.ca www.estemb.ca GUATEMALA Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 1E5 His Ex. Carlos Jiménez Licona TEL. 724-1100 FAX 724-1105 KOREA, REPUBLIC ETHIOPIA Embassy of the Republic of [email protected] His Ex. Sung-joon Yim His Ex. Getachew Hamussa Guatemala www.indonesia-ottawa.org Embassy of the Republic of Korea Embassy of the Federal Democratic 130 Albert Street, Suite 1010 150 Boteler Street Republic of Ethiopia Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 IRAN Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5A6 151 Slater Street, Suite 210 TEL. 233-7237 FAX 233-0135 Mr. Abbas Assemi TEL. 244-5010 FAX 244-5034 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5P2 [email protected] Chargé d’Affaires www.emb-korea.ottawa.on.ca TEL. 235-6637 FAX 235-4638 www.embaguate-canada.com Embassy of the Islamic Republic [email protected] of Iran KUWAIT www.ethiopia.ottawa.on.ca GUINEA 245 Metcalfe Street His Ex. Musaed Rashed Al Haroon His Ex. Aly Diané Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2K2 Embassy of the State of Kuwait EUROPEAN UNION Embassy of the Republic of Guinea TEL. 235-4725 FAX 232-5712 333 Sussex Drive His. Ex. Dorian Prince 483 Wilbrod Street [email protected] Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 1J9 Delegation of the European Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N1 www.salamiran.org TEL. 780-9999 FAX 780-9905 Commission to Canada TEL. 789-8444 FAX 789-7560 45 O’Connor Street, Suite 1900 [email protected] IRAQ LATVIA Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1A4 His Ex. Howar M. Ziad His Ex. Atis Sjanits TEL. 238-6464 FAX 238-5191 Embassy of the Republic of Iraq Embassy of the Republic of Latvia [email protected] 215 McLeod Street 350 Sparks Street, Suite 1200 www.delcan.cec.eu.int Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0Z8 Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5G8 TEL. 236-9177 FAX 236-9641 TEL. 238-6014 FAX 238-7044 [email protected] [email protected] www.iraqembassy.ca www.ottawa.mfa.gov.lv

32 | EMBASSIES | HIGH COMMISSIONS | OTHER INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES MARCH—APRIL 2007 LEBANON www.embamexcan.com PAKISTAN TEL. 235-4341 FAX 236-6342 Embassy of Lebanon His. Ex. Musa Javed Chohan [email protected] 640 Lyon Street MONGOLIA High Commission for the Islamic www.rusembcanada.mid.ru Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3Z5 His Ex. Dugerjav Gotov Republic of Pakistan TEL. 236-5825 FAX 232-1609 Embassy of Mongolia 10 Range Road RWANDA [email protected] 151 Slater Street, Suite 503 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8J3 His Ex. Eugene Munyakayanza www.lebanonembassy.ca Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3 TEL. 238-7881 FAX 238-7296 Embassy of the Rwandese Republic TEL. 569-3830 FAX 569-3916 [email protected] 153 Gilmour Street LESOTHO [email protected] Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0N8

Her Ex. Mots'eoa Senyane PALESTINE Tel. 569-5424 Fax 569-5421 CONTACTS High Commissioner of the Kingdom MOROCCO Mr. Amin Abou-Hassira [email protected] of Lesotho His Ex. Mohamed Tangi Head of the General Delegation www.ambarwaottawa.ca 202 Clemow St., ON Embassy of the Kingdom of 45 Country Club Dr., Ottawa Morocco Ottawa, Ontario SAUDI ARABIA (613) 236-9449 38 Range Road K1V 9W1 His Ex. AbdulAziz Bin Hussein Al- Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8J4 TEL: 736-0053 Sowayegh LIBYA TEL. 236-7391 FAX 236-6164 FAX: 736-0535 Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia His Ex. Ahmed Ali Jarrud [email protected] 201 Sussex Drive Embassy of the Great Socialist MYANMAR Ottawa, ON K1N 1K6 People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Mr. Maung Maung PANAMA TEL 237-4100 FAX 562-2720 81 Metcalfe Street, Suite 1000 Minister & Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. Her Ex. 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Istanbul, the City of Extremes

By Innes Welbourne

t’s a Sunday afternoon and an impoverished village family drives two goats Idown the side of the highway cutting through Istanbul’s financial district, Lev- ent. It’s a striking image, set against the ultra chic backdrop of Kanyon, Istanbul’s new monument to contemporary life, re- tail and entertainment, and commerce. Such is life in Istanbul, where ancient and modern, religious and secular, hope- ful and desperate co-exist, often in single breath, moment or corner. Despite recent setbacks, such as a major earthquake and massive financial crisis within the last decade, the city is booming. Things are moving quickly. Where they’re moving is another matter. Will it be closer to Europe and eventual membership with the EU? Will it be closer to its eastern neighbours? No one quite knows. ISTOCK Still, business is booming. Major western A domed wonder: Haghia Sophia is the tiled masterpiece of the Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace. brands such as Starbucks are on an expan- sion spree, while others have decided to venture here for the first time. zig-zags up and down the Bosporus from steep as along the Bosporus. There’s In any case, capitalism is nothing new the mouth of The Golden Horn with a Babylon, which welcomes acts from all to the Turks, who probably invented the rest stop near the Black Sea that allows around the world, while a wide selection world’s first and perhaps most impres- you enough time to take a meal before of mehanes (Turkish tavernas) will serve sive shopping mall with the Covered you head back in the afternoon. It is well you great meal of meat and fish dishes Bazaar in 1464. Over the last 500-plus worth the three or four new Turkish lira and mezze (Turkish cold starters) with a years, it has grown to more than 58 ($2.50-$3.40 Cdn) you’ll spend to see all glass of Raki or a number of new restau- the old palaces and Ottoman residences rants and bars serve up an array of inter- waterside with a steaming hot Turkish tea national flavors to quench all sorts of A LABYRINTHINE STRUCTURE in its tulip-shaped glass and saucer in appetites. Otto, a cool little pizza joint WITH ITS OWN STREETS, hand. If you’re really hungry before you serves up thin-crust pizzas while Nevzat, MOSQUE, POLICE STATION leave, try a “Balik Ekmek” (fish bread), one its owners, spins an eclectic mix of AND RESTAURANTS, THE COVERED perhaps one of the finest sandwiches ever electro-pop for Turkey’s hip entertain- BAZAAR IS AN EXHAUSTING BUT invented. ment and movie crowd. MUST-SEE EXPERIENCE. Back on terra firma, several Bosporus It’s impossible to be bored in a city that venues offer up expensive drinks and a comes alive with so many impressive look at the bleached, Botoxed and Rhino- sights smells and sounds – not least of streets and 4,000 shops, and welcomes be- plastied set in the summer. If you’re not which is the call to prayer which sum- tween 250,000-400,000 visitors daily. It is budget sensitive, visit Reina in Ku- mons the faithful five times a day from located in the Old City, Sultanahmet, rucesme or Anjelique in Ortaköy, impres- the thousands of minarets which spear Is- which is also home to the domed wonder sive places to sit and drink during the tanbul’s skyline. of Haghia Sophia, the tiled masterpiece of sunset hours while the incredible falling Once heard, it’s a sound you’ll never the Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace. A sun limns the Asian shore in red gold forget. Rather like the first time you see a Labyrinthine structure with its own hues and Istanbul’s wealthy flaunt too woman at a bus stop in Taksim swathed streets, mosque, police station and restau- much of everything they shouldn’t. head to toe in a black chador standing rants, the Covered Bazaar is an exhaust- If you don’t care for appearances, or next a unusually tall woman in a too- ing but must-see experience. Asian views, but do care about your short skirt, who turns out not to be not a Another must-see is Istanbul from the budget, grab a hair-raising taxi ride to woman at all. It’s just another day in Is- Bosporus, its defining geographical fea- Tünel and find Asmalimescit Sokak in Be- tanbul, Turkey’s city of extremes. ture, which divides its European and yoglu. This street has become a funky lit- Asian sides. Head to Eminönü and take tle scene over the last couple of years Innes Welbourne is a Canadian writer and the Gypsy Ferry. Leaving every morning with some of the city’s best cafés and part-time voice-over narrator who’s been from the Bogaz Iskelesi, the Gypsy Ferry bars. Prices here are nowhere near as based in Istanbul for the past two years.

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