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Volume 19, Number 3 PUBLISHER Neil Reynolds ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Donna Jacobs EDITOR Table of Jennifer Campbell ART DIRECTOR Paul Cavanaugh ADVERTISING ADVISOR CONTENTS Cu Van Ha cu@prestoncatalogue com. 1-613-262-4908 or 1-416-600-4908 COPY EDITOR Roger Bird BOOKS EDITOR George Fetherling CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Daniel Drolet George Abraham CULTURE EDITOR Margo Roston CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Laura Neilson Bonikowsky DIPLOMATICA| Sarah Close Margaret Dickenson Verbatim: A state of unbalance in world health care ...... 7 Charles Enman Good Deeds: Diplomats and U of O team up for learning ...... 9 Emilio Goicoechea Diplomatic Agenda: Mexican says leave NAFTA alone ...... 10 Kate Lackey Peter Van den Weghe Questions Asked: Speaker Peter Milliken on his busy days . . . . . 12 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Ulle Baum Larry Dickenson DISPATCHES| Bob Diotte The future Frank Scheme Dyanne Wilson Seven Canadians offer their views on 2009 and beyond ...... 14 Ben Welland Business Management Jessie Reynolds DELIGHTS| WEBMASTER Books: A selection of 14 titles, from Charles Ritchie to the Fenians . . 22 Leslee McCabe DIPLOPORTAL WEB PARTNERS Entertaining: Valentine’s treats ...... 28 www .diploportal .com Residences: The Greeks on the Driveway ...... 30 Alastair Sweeny Wine: What global warming has to do with it ...... 32 Richard Evers (Northern Blue Publishing) Canadiana: Clara Brett Martin – feminist or bigot? ...... 33 PUBLISHER EMERITUS Envoy’s Album ...... 34 Lezlee Cribb ADVERTISING INQUIRIES Contact Neil Reynolds or Donna Jacobs reynolds diplomat@sympatico. ca. Dignitaries| jacobs diplomat@sympatico. ca. New arrivals in the diplomatic corps ...... 36 SUBSCRIPTIONS Diplomat & International Canada is published four times a year . Subscription rates: individual, one year $35 .70 . For DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ...... 38 Canadian orders add 5 per cent GST . U .S . orders please add $15 for postage . All other orders please add $25 . SUBMISSIONS Diplomat & International Canada welcomes submissions . DESTINATIONS| Contact Jennifer Campbell, editor, Vancouver 2010: Nowhere to stay ...... 43 at editor@diplomatonline .com or (613) 231-8476 . DIPLOMAT & INTERNATIONAL CANADA New Zealand: A diverse land of endless treasures ...... 46 P .O Box 1173, Station B Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 5R2 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material . Phone: (613) 259-3038 No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the Fax: (613) 259-5481 publisher . The views expressed in the articles are those of the authors . © 2007 ISSN 1190-8343 E-mail: info@diplomatonline .com Publication Mail # 40957514 . Return undeliverable Canadian copies to: Diplomat Magazine, www.diplomatonline.com P O. . Box 1173, Station B, Ottawa, ON K1P 5R2 Published by Sparrow House Enterprises Inc . DIPLOMATICA|EDITOR’S NOTE

anuary is the time we all think about As for the others? the future . What will 2009 hold for You’ll have to turn to CONTRIBUTORS Jus, our families, our colleagues? And page 14 to see what New Zealand High Commissioner Kate many of us also ponder what the next they predict . Lackey year will look like globally . Will the crisis In our books es- Author of “New Zealand’s treasures in Sri Lanka escalate? What will happen say, George Fetherling await you” in Zimbabwe? Somalia? Sudan? There’s brings us the story no question 2009 will be a critical year for jennifer campbell of Canadian diplo- Afghanistan and Iraq . And Canadians mat Charles Ritchie can’t help looking south to a new, possibly – posted as ambassador to the United Na- protectionist, administration . What will it tions and the United Kingdom – and his mean north of the 49th parallel? love affair with British novelist Elizabeth Diplomat decided to poll those in the Bowen . In Love’s Civil War, edited by Vic- know for a distinctly Canadian forecast for toria Glendinning with Judith Robertson, 2009, and, for the planet as a whole . What we learn details of their “obsessional, 35- will the next decade look like economi- year love affair .” Mr . Fetherling also tells cally, politically, socially and militarily? We us about new reads, including books on also asked for solutions our guest forecast- the Fenians, on China as the new Japan, Mrs . Lackey is a career diplomat . ers might offer . Heady questions, but our and on humanitarian intervention . Before coming to Canada, she spent sources – including Afghan Ambassador Our Delights section is full of travel four years as her country's high com- Omar Samad, former ambassador to the stories . One looks at the challenge of find- missioner to Australia . U S. . Frank McKenna, and author Andrew ing accommodations in British Columbia Before that stint, she spent five years Cohen – didn’t disappoint . during the winter Olympics, still another as deputy secretary in the ministry of Mr . Samad suggests that it might be year away, and the other, by New Zealand foreign affairs and trade; the preced- necessary to establish new institutions, High Commissioner Kate Lackey, entices ing three years as head of the Americas with multilateral participation, that will readers to visit her island paradise . division; and two years as director of look for solutions to “many problems of Entertaining columnist Margaret Dick- the audit review division . She has also global reach” and that emphasize pragma- enson gets in the mood for love with a had postings to Singapore, Fiji and the United States . tism over ideology . For his own country, Valentine’s Day column while Margo This is Mrs . Lackey’s second posting he hopes for an end to violence which will Roston takes us into the home of Greek to Ottawa . She was counsellor and dep- lead to a period where the Afghan people Ambassador Nikolaos Matsis and his wife, uty high commissioner from 1985-87 . “catch up” in terms of economic, political Katherine . Wine columnist Pieter Van den and social welfare . He sees a country where Weghe tells us how climate change is af- education, health, basic freedoms and hu- fecting wine production worldwide . Mexican Ambassador Emilio Goicoechea man rights are no longer under threat . Up front, we have a report from the Author of “NAFTA: Integration without Mr . McKenna, who was himself pro- World Health Organization and an article renegotiation” posed as one of three wise men advisors written by Mexican Ambassador Emilio for the would-be Dion coalition but who Goicoechea on the implications of re-open- declined the offer, predicts a period of ing the North American Free Trade Agree- stability for federal politics in spite of early ment . We also have an interview with December’s antics . He warns that we may House of Commons Speaker Peter Mil- see a resurgence of protectionism in the liken, who has held the position for seven United States now that the Democrats years and beat out a long list of would-be control both the Senate and the House of successors when Parliament re-opened in Representatives but he doesn’t anticipate November . He talks about his experiences any of the moves will be aimed at Canada, as speaker, and what fun he’s had dealing just that Canada will have to be careful not with the diplomatic corps over the years . Mr . Goicochea came to diplomacy to get sideswept by the policy as a whole . Enjoy our first issue for 2009 . through politics . He became a member of the National Action Party in 1970, and has been a member of the state UP FRONT steering committee, member of the state What struck photographer Ben Welland most about the council, member of the national execu- quick photo shoot he did with Afghan Ambassador Omar tive committee, and member of the Samad was the location of the embassy . An old brick home, national council, among others . converted into an embassy, it’s on Argyle Street in the heart He was a federal senator for the state of Ottawa’s Centretown . “I was struck by how warm and of Sinaloa for two legislative sessions inviting the embassy was,” he said . “It’s a nice old house in and in his third, he became a federal Centretown that just so happens to have a black gate around deputy . In 2003, he became deputy sec- retary of tourism operations at the fed- it ”. Interestingly, on the day Mr . Welland visited, he was able eral ministry of tourism for a year . From to just walk through the gate without having to identify him- 2004 to 2006, he was chief of staff of the self . “So you could say the shoot went off without a hitch,” office of the Mexican president . Mr . Welland joked .

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n its recent report, Primary Health Care – Now More Than The World Health IEver, the World Health Organi- zation (WHO) calls for a return to Organization's primary health care . take on the 'global

The report critically assesses imbalance'in the way health care is orga- health-care services nized, financed, and delivered in rich and poor countries WHO report finds around the world . It docu- 'inequities, inefficiencies' ments a number of failures on rise in poor countries and shortcomings that have left the health status of dif- ferent populations, both within and between countries, dangerously out of balance .

“The World Health Report sets HO out a way to tackle inequities and ineffi-

ciencies in health care, and its recommen- Photos: W dations need to be heeded,” said WHO Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization: “A world is that is greatly out of Director-General Margaret Chan . “A balance in matters of health is neither balanced nor secure.” world that is greatly out of balance in mat- ters of health is neither stable nor secure ”. With the costs of health care rising and the community level, can help improve The report found striking inequities systems for financial protection in disar- health and save lives .” in health outcomes, in access to care, and ray, personal expenditures on health now As the report notes, conditions of “in- in what people have to pay for care . Dif- push more than 100 million people below equitable access, impoverishing costs, and ferences in life expectancy between the the poverty line each year . erosion of trust in health care constitute a richest and poorest countries now exceed Vast differences in health occur within threat to social stability ”. 40 years . Of the estimated 136 million countries and sometimes within indi- It calls for a return to primary health women who gave birth this year [2008], vidual cities . In Nairobi, for example, the care, a holistic approach to health care around 58 million received no medical as- under-five mortality rate is below 15 per formally launched 30 years ago . When sistance whatsoever during childbirth and 1,000 in the high-income area . In a slum in countries at the same level of economic the postpartum period, endangering their the same city, the rate is 254 per 1,000 . development are compared, those where lives and those of their infants . “High maternal, infant, and under-five health care is organized around the tenets Globally, annual government expenditure mortality often indicates lack of access of primary health care produce a higher on health varies from as little as US$20 per to basic services such as clean water and level of heath for the same investment . person to well over US$6,000 . For 5 6. billion sanitation, immunizations and proper Such lessons take on critical importance people in low- and middle-income countries, nutrition,” said Ann M . Veneman, UNI- at a time of global financial crisis . more than half of all health care expenditure CEF Executive Director . “Primary health “Viewed against current trends, pri- is through out-of-pocket payments . care, including integrated services at mary health care looks more and more like HO Photos: W

diplomat and international canada  DIPLOMATICA|VERBATIM MW_Diplomat.qxd 11/14/08 1:54 PM Page 1 a smart way to get health development back on track,” Dr . Chan said . In far too many cases, people who are well-off and generally healthier have the best access to the best care, while the poor are left to fend for themselves . Health care is often delivered according to a model that concentrates on diseases, high tech- nology and specialist care, with health viewed as a product of biomedical inter- ventions and [with] the power of preven- tion largely ignored . Specialists may perform tasks that are better managed by general practitioners, family doctors or nurses . This contributes to inefficiency, restricts access, and de- prives patients of opportunities for com- prehensive care . WHO estimates that better use of existing preventive measures could reduce the global burden of disease by some 70 per cent .

Fragmented health care In rural parts of the developing world, care tends to be fragmented into discrete initiatives focused on individual diseases or projects, with little attention to coher- ence and little investment in basic infra- structures, services and staff . Primary health care puts families and communities at the hub of the health system . With an emphasis on local owner- ship, it honours the resilience and ingenu- ity of the human spirit and makes space Do you know what your daughter can do for solutions created by communities, owned by them, and sustained by them . when she puts her mind to it? Primary health care also offers the best way of coping with the ills of life in the 21st century: the globalization of unhealthy lifestyles, rapid unplanned urbanization, and the ageing of popula- tions . These trends contribute to a rise in chronic diseases, like heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and asthma, that create new demands for long-term care and strong community support . A multi-sec- toral approach is central to prevention, as the main risk factors for these diseases lie outside the health sector . The report says that health systems will not naturally gravitate towards greater Let’s find out. fairness and efficiency . Deliberate policy Elmwood School inspires and empowers young women to achieve their potential and decisions are needed . pursue excellence in a global society. Our dynamic and motivating environment lets “We are encouraging countries to go students achieve academic success, develop their creativity, and find their voice. back to the basics,” Dr . Chan said . “Thirty We are now accepting applications for September 2009. years of well-monitored experience tell us www.elmwood.ca/girls what works and where we need to head, in rich and poor countries alike ”. Visit www .who .int/whr/2008/en/in- dex html. to see the full report .

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Learning through the universal language of music

hen he took over as president of the University of Ottawa, WAllan Rock told his faculty and staff he wanted the university to become a vital part of the Ottawa community . Too often universities look inward to enrich life on campus instead of outside their walls to enrich the larger life of the city, he told them . One of the initiatives the school took was to broaden its mandate of long-term education . The Centre for Continuing Education has provided professional development courses for a few years but recently added general interest courses for adults to its offerings . Some are for credit towards a degree and others aren’t; some run for the whole term, others for a few

evenings . And still other opportunities cheme are more about community outreach than S formal education . Frank “The idea was to open the school to people beyond the usual age group of 18 Pianist Elaine Keillor, the first woman to get a PhD in musicology in Canada, performed at all three of the to 24,” explained Serge Blais, the centre’s University of Ottawa’s musical evenings hosted by heads of missions. director . “The doors are wide open . People can come in without any pre-requisites or the period instruments – clavichord, Those interested could sign up for one previous learning ”. harpsichord and pianoforte – and the or all of the evening performances with Enter the diplomatic corps . In a three- musicians . For each event, music professor food and wine provided at the residences . part series this fall, the centre, in conjunc- Gilles Comeau came up with a program They were free on a first-come, first-served tion with the university’s Piano Pedagogy that was inspired by the host country’s basis, though the final concert cost $20, Research Laboratory, offered a free eve- musical history and provided a one-hour which went to support the Piano Peda- ning of information and music hosted by lecture about the period’s social trends gogy Research Laboratory . an ambassador at his or her residence . and artistic developments . Mr . Blais is working on a winter session British High Commissioner Anthony “What more elegant setting could you and has had interest from the embassy of Cary, Jordanian Ambassador Nabil Ali get than the ambassador’s residence for an Burkina Faso . He said they’d like to start Barto and German Ambassador Matthias evening like this?” asked Mr . Blais . incorporating some young talent into the Höpfner hosted evenings . The three-part series was followed by events as well . “They might be our stu- The diplomatic hosts provided the wine an evening concert of period music at Frei- dents, but not necessarily . We might also and snacks and the university provided man Hall on campus . draw from the community,” he said .

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Mexico: Integration without renegotiation

FIRST NAME: Emilio

LAST NAME: Goicoechea

CITIZENSHIP: Mexican AS PRESENTED CREDENTIALS March 22, 2007 ambassador: Federal PREVIOUS POSTINGS: senator for state of Sinaloa, deputy secretary of tourism, - chief of staff to former presi dent Vicente Fox

n this globally integrated era, Mexico, Canada and the United States need

Imore co-operation and further in- istock tegration to face the main challenges of Renegotiating NAFTA could cause North America’s fully integrated auto sector even more problems, North America . Mexico’s ambassador writes. The North America Free Trade Agree- ment (NAFTA) has generated huge ben- – In 2006 NAFTA partners accumulated particular China . Other economic trade efits for the three countries because it has more than $529 .2 billion in foreign direct blocs have responded to such pressures fostered trade, investment, stability and investment from around the world, creat- by further integrating in their currency, remains the backbone of our economic ing more jobs and increasing wages in labour mobility and customs regulations, growth and regional integration . all three . I strongly believe that the three a shift which has boosted their competi- This agreement established a rule-based countries need to elaborate and develop tiveness . framework that gives certainty to business a co-ordinated strategy under NAFTA to In contrast, NAFTA countries have transactions in this geographically vast further integrate, and enhance regional slipped . In 2000, trade between Canada, stretch of territory, promoting integration, competitiveness and promote regional Mexico and the U .S . amounted to 19 per trade and investment in North America . growth . cent of exports worldwide . But by 2007, Naturally then, Mexico opposes any Under NAFTA, the Canada-Mexico this share dropped to 13 3. per cent, reflect- idea of renegotiating NAFTA, because trade relationship has profited signifi- ing a reduction of North America’s com- opening that door could result in certain cantly . Since 1994, trade between both petitiveness . economic sectors gaining protection, countries increased 493 per cent, totalling These challenges are significant be- which would undercut the whole idea of $24 1. billion in 2007 . Moreover, Mexico is cause today’s international situation free trade and jeopardize its operations . Canada’s third-largest supplier worldwide differs considerably from the one that Undoubtedly, some areas require urgent and its largest trading partner in Latin prevailed in 1994 . The slowdown in the attention, but not at the cost of renegotiat- America . U .S . economy, our main trade partner, is ing a mechanism that has been extremely Regarding foreign direct investment, expected to affect bilateral trade and for- beneficial . Canada is Mexico’s fifth-largest foreign in- eign direct investment inflows into both In times of previous economic distress, vestor, with a total of $6 9. billion by 2007 . Mexico and Canada . NAFTA has been part of the solution, not More than 2,000 companies in Mexico As a consequence, our governments are part of the problem, uniting our efforts have received Canadian investment in sec- implementing anti-cyclical policies, such and leading our economies to become tors such as aeronautics, services, the auto as increasing public expenditure, guaran- more competitive . industry and mining . teeing credits through development banks, The statistics speak for themselves: Canada could and should take advan- and enhancing our economies to make – The first 15 years of the treaty coincided tage of Mexican business opportunities, them more competitive . Necessary mea- with a significant decrease in Mexican especially in infrastructure, technological sures, yes, but we have to be extremely poverty, which has had positive implica- development and financial services – this careful not to retreat to protectionism and tions for its two partner countries as well . would usefully diversify our trade, which lose the benefits of open markets and in- – From 1993, the year preceding NAFTA’s is currently concentrated in a limited num- tegration . implementation, to 2007, trilateral trade ber of products . That is why renegotiating NAFTA more than tripled, from US$288 5. billion to We live in a world that faces increased could hamper the flow of natural re- US$894 3. billion . competition from Asian countries, and in sources within the region . Free access to

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goods among the three countries could face more obstacles . The fully integrated North American auto sector could face even greater challenges, making vehicles more expensive to produce . How do we respond to these new chal- lenges? Our governments need to continue pro- moting confidence in our free trade insti- tutions . Going further, the three partners must engage in a second regional integra- tion to reduce transaction costs . While recognizing that the challenges between Mexico and the U .S . are different from those between the U S. . and Canada, all ef- VERNINI forts to improve regional competitiveness need to involve all three countries . JDBD Political changes in the three countries should not affect NAFTA . Strong leader- ship will always be needed, as well as a Versace classic & J.c. Vernini signum shirts one location (Made to Measure aVailable) tino cosma cerruti 613-746-3452 alberto st. laurent and more shopping centre istock

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Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House again – and always on the move

Peter Milliken, a lawyer by profession, says, the opposition leader can say what was first elected as the Liberal member for he wants . I don’t normally express a point Kingston and the Islands in 1988. He’s been of view . re-elected five times and has served as speak- er of the House of Commons since DM: Can you tell me about your interac- 2001. He was elected as speaker tion with diplomats? in 2006, under a Conservative PM: There’s quite a lot of it . Usually a Government, and he enjoyed newly appointed ambassador or high the same success after last commissioner pays a courtesy call soon fall’s election although the after they’ve presented their credentials competition for the job, with to the governor general . And then, in ad- seven other contenders and dition to that, there would be invitations five ballots of voting, was con- to national day receptions and when they siderably stiffer. He sat down have a visitor in town, I get invited to in his chambers with Diplomat lunches or dinners often . Obviously there editor Jennifer Campbell to talk are speaker's visits and those require meet- about the job and how he juggles ings with the ambassador, both foreign his many obligations. visits and visits to our Parliament by other speakers . Then, I have an annual diplo- Diplomat magazine: Congratula- matic reception . There are two each year tions on being elected speaker for because the Speaker of the Senate does another term . Were you surprised one too . I do mine in Kingston and with by the level of interest in your job (Senate Speaker Noel) Kinsella, they move this time? around . Peter Milliken: No, I think I had some indication about that . DM: Is there a lot of pressure to attend dip- lomatic functions? DM: Why do you think that PM: Well, I don’t believe in not filling my was? day . If I can go, I go . I miss a lot of them PM: Well, I think people like but there’s a huge number of invitations so the idea of doing it . I’m sure it’s just a matter of what you can get to . it appeals to other members, people who have been speaker before certainly DM: What sort of travel demands are there are interested as was obvious by Mr . with this job? (Andrew) Scheer’s and (Royal) Galipe- PM: Quite significant ones . There’s a list au’s entry . of outstanding invitations always, to visit other countries, other Parliaments in ex- DM: Does the deputy speaker do some change for visits they have paid here or of the things that you do in terms of want to pay here . I do quite a lot of inter- your responsibilities in the community, national travel so that’s quite demanding . such as national days and hosting foreign dignitaries? DM: How many trips do you take per year? PM: I do most of that . I don’t know if they PM: I would think five or six . get invitations . I just don’t know how that works . I invite them to functions I’m DM: And how many outstanding invita- having but I don’t think they’re much in- tions would you have now? Are they volved in a direct way . I don’t see them at sorted in terms of what countries are im- functions very often . The invitations aren’t portant to Canada? addressed to me or a substitute . I assume PM: I haven’t asked lately . When I have they’re non-transferable . the chance to go, I ask and they tell me what they recommend . I don’t know DM: Did you agree with what Prime Min- exactly how they priorize . It would be ister Stephen Harper said when he called depend a bit on when I, or a speaker, was the fall election – that Parliament wasn’t last there – that sort of thing . A lot them working? are places that either have a new speaker PM: I don’t have an opinion on these mat- I want to visit, or they’re places I haven’t ters . The prime minister can say what he been to . Dyanne Wilson

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DM: Does any business get done? PM: Oh, yes . There are tours, discussions about the way our parliaments work . And I have a delegation of members with me normally so they’re all meeting with their counterparts and they’re at the lunches and dinners and tours that we’re on so they’re talking and exchang- ing views and information . There’s a significant social element to them but the socializing is where you have all these discussions . We’re talking about what’s going on in our parliaments, how things happen and how decisions get made, how committees work, how Question Period happens .

DM: What’s the best part of your job? PM: Sitting in the chair, dealing with the members .

DM: Do you have any new strategies for this session? PM: No, I don’t . The house leaders and whips may want to meet with me at some point to discuss that sort of thing but that hasn’t happened . They said they wanted to meet with me but they haven’t agreed on when they’re going to do it .

DM: Could you detail a typical day when the House is sitting? PM: Well, I normally get in at 9 a .m . to avoid going through the rush hour stuff if I don’t have a breakfast that morning . Then, I get through some papers, have a briefing and put on my uniform and open the house at 10 a m. . Usually I’d be in there for 15 or 20 minutes, maybe half an hour and then I’m back here, meeting with people who want to see me or doing more paperwork . Usu- ally I have a lunch, either that I’m hosting, having in my office, or that I’m going out to . I’m back in the chair at 2 p m. . until 3:30 usually . Then I’m back here . If there are no evening votes – if there are, I will take them – by 5:30 p m. ,. I start receptions . I’ll go to one or two and then maybe a dinner . And then if there’s no dinner, I might do three or four receptions . I probably go to more dinners than I host . Some are fundraising dinners for charities, some are dinners in honour of someone else . Tonight, I don’t have a din- ner, just two receptions . Some of the recep- tions are diplomatic but some are hosted by various lobby groups, various charity groups, organizations that are having Christmas receptions or to honour some- one who’s received an award .

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Off ramp to tomorrow It's no longer the best of times but it's not yet the worst of times. Herewith, seven informed prognostications.

By Charles Enman

When one cycle ends, we naturally look to the next . The year 2008 was full of astonishing change . In Canada, we have seen the re-election of a national government . In the United States, we see the elec- tion of a president in whom many Americans and many people around the globe have invested a degree of hope that few incoming administrations have stirred . Conflicts continue in Iraq and Afghanistan . The Middle East remains an area of confrontation and tur- moil . On the economic scene, it becomes ever clearer that, while Western powers retain great strength, the rela- tive rise of China and other emerging nations is causing a shift in the centre of gravity . In recent months, a cascading series of problems among economic institutions suggests that global econo- mies will be in for some long period of rough sledding . Where will all these circumstances take us? Tongue in cheek, Niels Bohr, the eminent Danish physicist, once said of all prediction that “it is very dif- ficult – especially of the future .” We know this . Nonetheless, we always want to make our best guesses about what we will find as future becomes present . To that end, Diplomat has chatted with a number of eminent Canadians about what they predict for Canada in the short term and for the world over a longer term . We have also asked them what solutions they may see for the difficulties they believe time’s conveyor belt is bringing to the fore . We present a transcript, edited for length, and we start with our cover subject .

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Omar Samad, Ambassador of satisfactory resolution will involve a more Afghanistan balanced approach . Canada, of course, is now involved in What do you forecast for Canada in 2009? my own country, Afghanistan . I would As a friend of Canada’s, I wish the coun- like to see Afghanistan become as free of try the best in facing the challenges that violence as possible . This means putting confront not only Canada but other coun- an end to the sources of violence, which tries as well . basically exist outside our own borders . The financial crisis that has recently The safe havens for Al-Qaeda and the hit, the challenges of climate change, the Taliban are breeding grounds where challenges of certain international com- extremists learn the arts of violence and mitments such as Canada’s engagement attack and brutality, a kind of extremist in Afghanistan, will all require attention tendency that did not really exist in the and care . Afghanistan of 30 years ago . I am also sure the country will begin to When this violence is ended, the Af- focus more strongly on the 2010 Olympics ghan people will be able to catch up to be held in Vancouver . with the rest of the world in terms of economic, political and social welfare . What do you forecast for the world over Afghanistan will be a country in which the next decade in terms of economic, access to education and health and certain political, social and military trouble spots? basic freedoms and human rights are not I think some of the most interesting issues under threat – a country that can be a that will impact international relations good partner to the rest of the world and over the next decade will involve the contribute to regional and global security management of shifting re-alignments and prosperity . in this multipolar world, with different This will be a country that will no h Journal

p centres of economic, military and geostra- longer need the presence of international tegic power . I believe all countries will be security forces and can rely on its own elegra T somewhat preoccupied with these issues means to provide security and safety . Omar Samad over the coming years . Meanwhile, we are grateful for the Other concerns over the next decade commitment that countries such as Can- will include global warming, which we ada are making to bring order, peace and will have to keep addressing for some prosperity to one of the world’s poorest time; the problem of overpopulation; the and most destroyed countries . We must search for alternative energy sources; the ensure that every dollar put in, and every fight against extremism and terrorism; life laid down, has not been in vain . the challenges to find improved means of combating disease; and much focus on Frank McKenna, former premier of everyone’s access to good water . New Brunswick, one-time Canadian ambassador to the United States, cur- For the problems you sense coming over rent deputy chairman of the Toronto- the horizon, what solutions would you Dominion Bank offer? As always, meaningful dialogue on the What do you forecast for Canada in 2009? problems we confront will be all-impor- After a tumultuous end to 2008 and the tant . We need to achieve more under- Liberal party now having chosen its new standing of what impacts us collectively Leader, I predict a more stable political and how we would best deal with such environment in Canada for 2009 . With the issues . We need solutions that address is- recent public backlash against the coali- sues head-on without going to extremes . tion I would think that we will not have In part, this may require that we es- another election in a near future . tablish new institutions, with multilateral Canada will be facing some serious participation, that will look for solutions economic difficulties . Our economy is to many problems of global reach . These still strongly commodity-based and com- institutions will have to be very results- modity prices are under intense pressure oriented and will have to place great em- around the world . phasis on pragmatism over ideology . We might also see some resurgence Solutions to the financial crisis will of protectionist sentiment in the United h Journal p not be black and white . We have seen States . Our neighbour now faces some se-

elegra problems with very centralized economic rious economic pressures and the Demo- T Frank McKenna systems, but also have learned that crats control the House of Representatives markets cannot be totally free, either . A and almost control the Senate . I do not

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anticipate measures specifically against economic problems it is facing . Over Canada, but we must be vigilant to en- many decades, we have created financial sure we are not sideswiped by the effects institutions that have been internationally of more general protectionist policies . accredited as among the most sound in the world . No Canadian banks have had What do you forecast for the world over bail-out packages . We should not rush in the next decade in terms of economic, to fix what is not broken . political, social and military trouble spots? As a trading nation, a good deal of We are entering a very dynamic period . our prosperity depends on the economic With the change of the U .S . administra- activity in other nations, especially the tion, virtually all American relationships United States – and we have no direct will be re-evaluated . In our hemisphere, control over any of this . we may see a different view on Cuba and Our financial institutions are sound Latin America . The American approach to enough that we should be encouraging immigration problems with Mexico may them to become world leaders . In the also be re-examined . political arena, I think Canada should On the world level, we may see a step up a bit – become more involved in dramatic change in Iraq with an accelera- international aid, be at the centre of more tion of the withdrawal of troops . If Iraq great debates, assume a more active inter- remains stable, a number of those troops national role . We have a model worthy of may be rotated into Afghanistan and have emulation . a significant impact there . In the short term, I am pessimistic . We I think the United States will be at- are only at Ground Zero in terms of the all tempting to repair a great many of its economic crisis . But in the long run, es- H relationships around the world . We will pecially with the change of regime in the eau d i see an effort at dialogue in such trouble- United States, there is an opportunity for R some regions as Iran, North Korea, and a fresh look at all issues and all relation- ssa Paré, I potentially even in the Holy Land . ships . In the fullness of time, we will see l.

Other issues that will be front-and-cen- economies heal themselves and be put on MCp tre include the continuing instability in a more sustainable basis around the globe Lewis MacKenzie Pakistan, the possible reassertion of high – and the world will move forward in a oil prices, and the increased economic healthier state of repair . of Congress, we may worry a little more power of China and Russia . Russia, with now . But I get the feeling that the United its recent bellicosity, will force the U .S . Lewis MacKenzie, retired general, States will be gentle with its closest and and NATO to ponder how to deal with author, and media commentator perhaps best friend . the wishes of several former Soviet states It is certainly true, as the Chinese to become members of NATO . What do you forecast for Canada in 2009? might say, that we are living in interesting A month or so ago, I would have said times . For the problems you sense coming over many things, but obviously the economic the horizon, what solutions would you problems will now take a lot of our atten- What do you forecast for the world over offer? tion . the next decade in terms of economic, Canada needs to begin a vigorous dia- Though the economic problem is political, social and military trouble spots? logue with the incoming Obama ad- global, the United States will be taking I do not think international terrorism ministration to make sure our foot is in a key role and everyone is now looking should be considered our number one the door . We should take advantage of south of the border and waiting . How security challenge . More people die an- Obama’s popularity to expand the institu- will the president stamp the direction that nually in American bathtubs than have tional relationship we already enjoy . the American government takes? been killed annually by international ter- Much depends on the willingness and In my lifetime, the expectation has rorists . The Al-Qaeda leadership has been capacity of the U .S . to engage with other never been higher for the potential impact substantially taken out and their inflow interlocutors around the world . For the of a new president . The Bush administra- of funds reduced . Their groups now are last eight years, the U S. . has been the cata- tion burned a lot of bridges in the inter- recruiting and training on the Internet lyst for acrimony at various levels . The national community . Mr . Obama has a and have been coming up with stupid at- question is whether it can now turn things different personality, more open to discus- tack plans . around and become a consensus builder . sion and to the United Nations, with all its I could be proven wrong tomorrow, If it can, then we shall see improved rela- failures . There is a tremendous potential but I think we have this threat under tions with the United Nations, the coun- for him to bring a number of countries on good control . tries of the Middle East, a graceful exit board for a more international approach I think Pakistan will remain an im- from Iraq, the chance of a good outcome to dealing with problems . portant problem . Canadians forget that in Afghanistan, a restored relationship We sometimes worry about isolation- more Pakistanis have been killed in with Russia, and good management of its ism and protectionism from the Demo- Afghanistan than forces from all other relations with China and India . crats, and with the Democrats in control involved nations combined . As they fight Canada should not over-react to the of the presidency and of almost both sides radical elements within their borders, the

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Pakistanis feel isolated, though they are Elizabeth May, leader of the Green making a great contribution to stability in Party of Canada the region . Iran will continue to get a great deal What do you forecast for Canada in 2009? of the world’s attention . If they develop It’s obvious there will be a heavy focus nuclear weapons, the religious radical- on ensuring that the recent financial melt- ism of some elements of the country will down will not adversely affect Canada require close watch . One can only worry more than is inevitable . when one considers that in the most radi- We will need strong economic policies cal fringe of Islamic teachings, attacking to combat recession – policies that I hope Israel and being attacked in return is a will avoid the usual groupthink that we guaranteed trip to heaven . can’t pay attention to the environment In the economic sphere, China, with- in a crisis . We will need to stimulate the out firing a shot, will continue to win economy through reductions in payroll big-time . Its products are entering every and income taxes, and strong investments country in the world . For proof, you only in rail and in municipal infrastructure . have to check the labels of your own Beyond the economy, we will be facing clothing . serious environmental problems . Canada needs to shift from being an obstacle For the problems you sense coming over to being a force for progress in the UN the horizon, what solutions would you negotiations to make the Kyoto Protocol offer? a success, much like Britain, France and In recent years, Canada and NATO and other European Union countries have the UN have placed more emphasis on already done . The Harper government a d compassion than on the elimination of must not remain the last voice of George ana C f military threat . W . Bush’s failed policies . If anyone thinks pacifying Afghanistan will remove a terrorist threat, they’re What do you forecast for the world over reen Party o G mistaken . But we are helping people to the next decade in terms of economic, Elizabeth May see some semblance of democracy and of political, social and military trouble spots? the kind of society in which girls can go Perhaps the biggest problem, one that to school and women can go to the doc- makes the financial crisis look like a tor . On the same motive, I would like to Sunday school picnic, is the continuing see us go to Sudan to protect women and accumulation of greenhouse gases in the children in refugee camps . There are good atmosphere . We have to stop that rise and humanitarian reasons to be involved . start a decline globally no later than 2015, In the Pakistan and Afghanistan re- a tipping point beyond which runaway gion, I think someone is going to have to greenhouse effects will simply exceed the put together an area group to deal with ability of any human intervention to slow that part of the world, much as they did it down . for the Balkans . The growing gap between the wealth- Perhaps we will see more of that kind iest and the poorest in society will have of collective action . The rise of the G-20 to be addressed . In Canada, as I particu- is a good sign in that direction . Another larly saw when running for a Nova Scotia might be the election of Barack Obama . seat in the last election, bureaucracy has Will a new U .S . administration continue moved from being inefficient at helping to be unilaterally interventionist? I don’t the poor to being actually abusive; people think so, because that hasn’t worked very who are entitled to support should re- well . The only other option is a bit more ceive it without having to make their case multilateralism whereby they try to get over and over again . more countries on side . The biggest scandal we face in this We shouldn’t be trying to move missile country is the quality of life of many of systems up relatively close to the Russian our aboriginal people . Many live in Third borders . We shouldn’t let the Georgians World conditions, and nothing could be expect that NATO might intervene on more scandalous in a rich country that their behalf – since we’re incapable of prides itself on being fair and egalitarian . generating resources in the desert of Af- ghanistan, let alone move them strategi- For the problems you sense coming over attroll C

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Fre I think, going forward, we will have offer? Phil Fontaine to seek accommodation more often than The more countries combine their efforts, confrontation . the more effective they will be in combat-

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ing difficulties . That’s why we applaud What do you forecast for the world over the emergence of the G-20 . There can’t the next decade in terms of economic, po- just be seven or eight countries looking litical, social and military trouble spots? for solutions . Conditions of extreme poverty and exclu- Clearly, the global financial architec- sion from economic planning, economic ture needs to be better designed, with im- decision-making and economic oppor- proved regulations . The recent financial tunity, which are common to Indigenous meltdown occurred not because produc- peoples globally and in Canada, are not tive economic activity happened to go conducive to peaceful diplomatic relations wrong, but because speculative gambling in the 21st century . grounded in greed was allowed to run Trouble spots will appear in countries unregulated . where gaps exist in wealth and lead to One thing that might be looked at global instability . We must find global so- seriously is the Tobin tax, a tax on interna- lutions to deal with a lack of attention to tional currency trading (named for econo- the basic needs of the world’s poor such mist James Tobin) . as food, health care, education, shelter . The Green Party of Canada is a great Exclusion and a lack of attention to the believer in strengthening the United Na- basic needs and rights of people will lead tions . We should be looking at developing to conflict . a well-trained multilateral peacekeeping Southwest Colombia saw violence break force and putting as much investment out in October over the government’s eco- in conflict resolution as in war prepara- nomic policies as riot police clashed with tion . The world must be able to respond Indian protestors . The Indian population more effectively than it has to the geno- in Colombia is among the poorest in Co- cide in Darfur or the ongoing conflict in lombia, a reality faced by First Nations in the Congo . I think the election of Barack Canada as well . The protesters blockaded Obama may improve the chances of get- the Pan-American highway and had only ting more international cooperation . He the most rudimentary means of defending will certainly change things; we will see themselves against encroaching police .The cigi how much . protests left many injured . John English However, we should also feel hopeful Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the as we look at some very positive develop- Both domestic and international decision- Assembly of First Nations ments over the last two years . Globally, making and planning on the economy Indigenous peoples are receiving recogni- must include Indigenous peoples . This What do you forecast for Canada in 2009? tion from heads of state . The old way of is the key to alleviating rampant poverty With the global economic downturn, doing business, colonial attitudes and dis- among Indigenous peoples and fostering we expect focus to continue on the crimination are simply wrong and should relationships based on meaningful consul- economy . no longer be tolerated . tation, inclusion and ultimately, achieving We’ve heard, in the recent Speech from In September 2007, we saw 143 member reconciliation between Indigenous and the Throne, that the government will be states of the United Nations vote in favour non-Indigenous peoples .In Canada, and practising fiscal restraint, but we also of the United Nations Declaration on the globally, this means the state has a duty heard essential services will not be cut, Rights of Indigenous Peoples . to consult First Nations on economic de- that there will be new investments to help In February 2008, year we witnessed velopment issues that affect our people the economy recover . One of the most Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologize and impact our lands and traditional ter- strategic investments the federal govern- for past mistreatment of the stolen gen- ritories . ment can make during an economic slow- erations of Aboriginal people in Australia . down is in First Nations education and Here in Canada, we have a full package John English, executive director of the economies . for Survivors of Indian residential schools: Centre for International Governance We know that it has been projected compensation, the historic June 11th Apol- Innovation in Waterloo that there will be more than $200 billion ogy and of course the Truth and Reconcili- worth of investments in new projects over ation Commission . What do you forecast for Canada in 2009? the next 10 years, with most of them oc- All these examples speak to a global Next year will be a difficult year for Can- curring on First Nations’ lands and tradi- Indigenous movement . We’re seeing the ada . We will begin the year in a recession tional territories . formation of a global Indigenous com- which may endure for several quarters . When the government works with munity, who are increasingly confident The history of past recessions indicates First Nations to support economic de- and supportive of each other as we assert that unemployment will rise markedly but velopment and invest in our young and our economic, social, political and cultural unevenly . Some parts of Canada will be growing labour force, it will benefit our rights . less affected than others; for example, Brit- communities and help sustain the Cana- ish Columbia will benefit from the Olym- dian economy through difficult times . We For the problems you sense coming over pic spending but southern Ontario will believe the government recognizes this the horizon, what solutions would you suffer major layoffs in the automotive and fact . offer? financial sectors . This economic turmoil

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For the United States, the decade will a reluctant Canada to do more or to do be economically difficult but the remark- better on several fronts, such as climate able victory of President-elect Obama may change, Afghanistan, and bailouts for the create reinvigoration and new hopes . For automotive sector . This will not be easy for Mr . Obama, the crisis represents an op- Stephen Harper, who will find President portunity similar to that grasped by Roos- Obama more popular in Canada than he evelt in 1933 . Most of the movies of the is, and who will struggle to meet his ap- 1930s had an optimism that was lacking peal for tougher standards on the environ- in later more prosperous times; happiness ment, where Canada is an international does not correlate well with Wall Street laggard . excesses . What do you forecast for the world over For the problems you sense coming over the next decade in terms of economic, the horizon, what solutions would you political, social and military trouble spots? offer? It is axiomatic to say that Canada will be The Canadian government should use the unable to shelter itself from the world . crisis to break down political deadlocks But a conservative banking system and that have lasted too long . A national se- a resource-rich economy (commodities curities agency, an end to provincial trade will recover, eventually) will cushion the barriers, a more effective competition blow . The world will still want what we policy, and improvement in transporta- have . tion are badly needed . We could begin to Economic recovery and climate change Andrew Cohen reform our political institutions to make will shape the international agenda . them more representative although our China and India will keep rising, Rus- past offers little evidence to sustain such sia will bark, but the United States will and the regional differences will make life hopes . not fade away, despite the reports of its difficult for Ottawa and most provinces . Internationally, the western nations demise . Indeed, under Barack Obama, I Normally, crises require re-evaluation must show generosity in the reform of expect it will return to international insti- of the nation’s future . The Depression international institutions, particularly the tutions with enthusiasm and reclaim its brought the historic Rowell-Sirois report international financial institutions . The credibility . It will also retool its economy, and the Trudeau government responded best outcome would be new institutions embracing green as the new mantra . to the economic turbulence and political unburdened by the historical pre-emi- As global warming gains purchase, anger of the early ’80s with the Macdonald nence of the West, but such fundamental expect more wars over resources (water, Commission . Both were followed by ma- change normally occurs after wars . Obvi- especially) and more flights of refugees jor policy changes, the transfer of unem- ously, peaceful change is preferable albeit from south to north as we are now seeing ployment insurance responsibility to the much more difficult . from Africa to Europe . provinces and free trade with the United Terrorism will not go away, and the States . (Likely), 2009 will witness the ap- Andrew Cohen, columnist, professor of explosion of a nuclear device in North pointment of a similar commission to journalism and international relations America is not impossible . deal with a world where the United States at Carleton University, and author of The U S. . will leave Iraq, which will be- matters less and where Canada needs new Extraordinary Canadians: Lester B. come a chaotic democracy, and stay on in responses to a rapidly changing interna- Pearson. Afghanistan, which will go on and on . tional economic order . What do you forecast for Canada in 2009? For the problems you sense coming over What do you forecast for the world over Like every other country, we will have a the horizon, what solutions would you the next decade in terms of economic, tough year in 2009 . Economically, we will offer? political, social and military trouble spots? probably fare better than the United States, The world will have to act on climate Although emerging countries were not but when you sell most of what you make change within the decade, and probably the major cause of the current economic to the Americans, you have a problem; will, belatedly . It will have to reform the crisis, they may bear the greatest burden . when they sneeze, as Pierre Trudeau once Security Council of the United Nations . The poorest countries almost certainly will said, you catch cold . We will . Unemploy- It will have to find ways to integrate and not achieve the millennium development ment will rise, prices will fall . China and India more fully into interna- goals, and the large emerging countries Politically, the Conservatives will have tional decision-making . It will have to find such as Brazil, India and China will de- latitude to govern while the Liberals fight ways to redistribute diminishing resources mand a much greater role in international among themselves . With a new Leader of such as water . As the industrialized world economic governance . The G-20 will prob- the Opposition, however, a clearer pattern staggers, so will the developing world . ably replace the G-8; certainly the major will now emerge in the House of Com- This will not be easy or pretty . economic problems can no longer be han- mons . dled by the G-8, and the large emerging Still, there will be no election in 2009 . Ottawa writer Charles Enman agrees powers will not accept coming for dinner What will be most interesting in Canadian with Albert Einstein, who said, “I never after the inner group has had its private politics over the next year will be the elec- worry about the future . It comes soon discussion . tion of Barack Obama, who will challenge enough .”

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Diplomat presents a look at a new Backstage with Punch and Judy book about esteemed Canadian diplo- mat Charles Ritchie and his love affair By George Fetherling with British writer Elizabeth Bowen. We also offer a look at books on the Fenian raids, Japan as the new China, and books on human intervention. Here’s the list of titles we review or reference:

Books on Charles Ritchie and Elizabeth Bowen

The Siren Years, by Charles Ritchie, 1974

Diplomatic Passport, by Charles Ritchie, 1981

Storm Signals, by Charles Ritchie, 1983

Undiplomatic Diaries, by Charles Ritchie, 2008

The Heat of the Day, by Elizabeth Bowen, 2002

Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer, by Victoria Glendinning, 1985

Love’s Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie—Letters and Diaries 1941–1973, edited by Victoria Glendinning with Judith Robertson, 2008

Books on the Fenians

Fenian Fire: The British Government Plot to Assassinate Queen Victoria, by Christy Campbell, $19.95, 2002 Charles Ritchie was Canada’s ambassador to West Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Turning Back the Fenians: New Brunswick’s Last Colonial Campaign, he direction of Charles thought to the possibility by Robert L. Dallison, 2006 Ritchie’s 37-year career of publication, at least not Irish Nationalism and the British Tat External Affairs was initially, he was a protégé State: From Repeal to Revolutionary ever upward . He became am- of Vincent Massey, rather Nationalism, by Brian Jenkins, 2006 bassador to West Germany grudgingly so . Lester Pearson and then permanent secre- and others also performed The Fenian Problem: Insurgency and tary to the UN before serv- the function of mentor, the Terrorism in a Liberal State, by Brian ing as ambassador to the U .S . role Ritchie himself later as- Jenkins, 2008 during the later Kennedy sumed in the ascent of Allan and early Johnson years . Gotlieb . Ritchie’s contempo- Books on China and Japan His last posting, as high raries included such figures Poorly Made in China: An Insider’s commissioner in London, as Norman Robertson and Account of the Tactics Behind China’s carried him into 1971 . Then George Ignatieff . My own Production Game, by Paul Midler, to he retired and carved out favourite description in the be released March 2009 three smallish books from diaries comes in 1963 when the candid diaries he had been keeping Ignatieff’s sons, Michael (“a young Rus- A Year without “Made in China”, by all his adult life . Everyone who has read sian gentleman of the liberal school”) Sara Bongiorni, 2000 The Siren Years (1974), Diplomatic Passport and Andrew, age 15 and 11 respectively, Books on humanitarian inter- (1981) and Storm Signals (1983) will likely are Ritchie’s luncheon guests in Ottawa . vention have favourite Ritchie descriptions of, or “There was no difficulty about conversa- anecdotes about, various heads of state tion,” Ritchie tells his journal, “as when Freedom’s Battle: The Origins of and heads of government, not to mention any gap threatened we talked about food, Humanitarian Intervention, by Gary J. fellow diplomats . in which both of them are passionately Bass, 2008 Writing, one presumes, without and discriminatingly interested ”.

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could be applied to long stretches of the diaries, which Ritchie obviously wrote as relief from the burdens of tact, understate- ment and discretion . Republication of the three works in one fat volume seems to italicize the author’s relationship with the somewhat aristocratic Anglo-Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen, whose best known book, The Heat of the Day, was dedicated to him without comment . Scattered throughout the di- ary are about 30 important references to her, covering a span of three decades beginning in 1941 . That’s when Ritchie, who is 35, finds himself at a dinner party with Bowen, 42, and her husband of 18 years, a somewhat undemonstrative fel- low perhaps, who crops up in only three references . Ritchie notes of Bowen that he has never before (or perhaps ever) met anyone with connections to the Elizabeth Bowen in her stately home known as Bowen’s Court, in County Bloomsbury Group who possessed Cork. her “striking originality of thought, phrase, or As for the anecdotes, in personality…” Soon the reading Undiplomatic Diaries two of them are meeting 1937-1971 (McClelland & during the day and he is Stewart, $24 99. paper), the writing approvingly of new omnibus volume of her taste in clothes (which the three Ritchie books, I in fact her husband usu- revisit some that are quite ally picked out for her) . benign and self-depre- She often invites him to cating . For example, in her family seat, a stately 1962, the incoming Ca- (and draughty) home, Bow- nadian ambassador is en’s Court, in County Cork . presenting his letters-of- In time, they begin to take credence to President small trips together . Kennedy in the Oval Victoria Glendinning, the Office . The president prolific English literary biog- treats the diplomat as rapher, gave a fuller outline a stalking horse for of the Ritchie-Bowen relation- John Diefenbaker and ship in her biography Eliza- is thus rather cool towards him . beth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer, At one point, the president half rises from published in 1978, five years his rocking chair and says “Shoo! Shoo!” after Bowen’s death . The Bowen in a stern voice . For a moment, Ritchie estate returned to Ritchie all the fears he “might be the first ambassador letters he had written to her, all but a few in history to be shooed out of the White of which he then destroyed, while pre- House ”. But unseen by him, on the other serving the hundreds that she sent him . side of a glass door, is young Caroline These acts make for a somewhat lopsided Kennedy’s pony, getting into mischief . depiction of the relationship as recreated Much more representative is his account in Love’s Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen and of a wartime evening with Vincent Massey Charles Ritchie—Letters and Diaries 1941- and his wife, Alice, when an elderly social- 1973 (McClelland & Stewart, $35), edited ite “rang up in the middle of dinner to say, by Ms . Glenndinning with Canadian as- ‘Winston must go – some of our friends sistance from Judith Robertson, Norman are here with me and we all agree – go he Robertson’s daughter . Yet the book does must . I have known him for 50 years and present a new and in some ways disquiet- he has never been right yet ’. Just the sort ing picture of Ritchie that contradicts his of party I should have thought would be diplomatic persona and personal reputa- sitting there in Claridge’s spinning trivial tion as a fellow of great charm and wit . but not harmless gossip ”. The same phrase What becomes even more apparent

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now is that Bowen was simply crazy about him . All her letters to him are love letters . Most of them describe a terrible long- ing and are couched in such extremely romantic language as to make her appear a clingy and emotionally needy person indeed . Conversely, his own feelings, represented here by excerpts from the dia- ries—mostly from the 90 per cent of them never before published––expose a cruel and alarming dislike of even the women whom he claimed to love . In his words, “the sad, disturbing, fearful love which I half hate and without which I am not alive ”. Bowen had something of the same attitude in her own make-up, if not to the same degree . One senses that her episodes were merely a matter of temperament and personality whereas his was one of psy- chological difficulties . Without meaning to suggest that he was the Roald Amundsen of bipolar explora- tion, one can see that Ritchie flew wildly from one extreme to another, and the pendulum’s swings are not always easy for the reader to accept with equanimity . “It The rising of the moon gives me a little shock of distaste to have a competent woman about,” he writes in one oday if we think of the Fenian Broth- diary entry . “I like women extravagant, late erhood at all, we tend to dismiss it for appointments, wilful, fond of showy Tas a risible fringe organisation that clothes and society, vague drifting dreamy, posed no substantial danger to anyone . In and yet of course all that is v . tiresome . But the mid-19th century, however, this Irish I don’t like competence, intellectual hon- nationalist group was a quite genuine esty, intelligent sensuality ”. Quite a contrast military threat to Canada and a diplo- with his description of his first meeting matic imbroglio for both the UK and the with Bowen . U .S . It was formed in 1857 to secure Irish After the Second World War, the rela- independence from Britain . One wing was tionship took on a new dimension . Ritchie supposed to foment armed rebellion in saw how the Cold War greatly improved Ireland (but couldn’t) . Another, drawing his chances of advancement . Part of his on the huge Irish immigrant population plan was to end his “cosy bachelor” days in North America, was to capture Canada and marry . His bride (and second cousin) and hold it ransom until the British had was Sylvia Smellie . Bowen tried hard not pulled out of Ireland entirely . That sounds to become jealous of her but, in the end, like every bit the lunatic scheme it actu- failed—rather histrionically it seems, ally was . Because of the American Civil after the death of her obviously tolerant War, however, it caused considerable anxi- husband in 1952 . For his part, Ritchie ety on both sides of the Atlantic . could not always help but inflict hurt on Many Irish-American regiments fought Thomas D’Arcy McGee his wife either, however much he came in the war, most but not all of them for to love her . That much is clear when he the Northern side . At one point, Fenians deliberately left one of Bowen’s effusive were enlisting, getting the standard $50 to what would soon become Ontario, love letters out where Sylvia was bound “bounty” or signing bonus and being where the following month there was a to read it . A strange set of relationships all issued with rifles . Then they would des- pitched battle between Fenians from New round . Reading nearly 500 pages about ert, cache their weapons and repeat the York State and the Canadian militia . The it is like being backstage at a Punch and process in one town after another . By this Fenians actually won the engagement but Judy show . and other methods, there was, at war’s quickly withdrew . Smaller incursions were Charles Ritchie died in 1995 after enjoy- end in 1865, a well-financed and well- made in Quebec . Finally, in 1871, a Fenian ing considerable success for the publica- trained Fenian army of 10,000 men . In plan to attack Manitoba, where the invad- tion of his diaries in their highly selected 1866, a thousand of them tried to invade ers hoped to join forces with Louis Riel, form, focusing on politics and public per- New Brunswick from a base in Maine was foiled . sonalities and giving little hint of the un- and succeeded in capturing their enemy’s A number of other important develop- diplomatic turmoil going on inside him . flag—but nothing else . So attention shifted ments descend from the Fenian plot . It

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was a Fenian, for example, who assas- sinated Thomas D’Arcy McGee . And Sir Sam Steele, later head of the North-West Mounted Police and finally an important commander in the First World War, began his career at age 17 by enlisting in the militia to repel the Fenians in 1866 . Most important of all, the fear generated by the Fenian menace was a measurable factor in the debates over Confederation . In the past few years have come several books focusing on the more melodramatic moments in the Fenian story . The most brazen and speculative of them is Christy Campbell’s Fenian Fire: The British Govern- ment Plot to Assassinate Queen Victoria, a revisionist work published in 2002 and now a paperback (HarperCollins Canada, $19 .95) . A straightforward and valuable Canadian example is Turning Back the Feni- ans: New Brunswick’s Last Colonial Campaign by Robert L . Dallison, published two years ago (Goose Lane Editions, $16 95. paper) . The Fenians waged a military cam- paign in North America but pursued result of a policy known as “quality fade” . a different course in Britain itself . In Mr . Midler, who has spent years consult- London and other cities, assassinations ing for U S. . corporations on Chinese busi- were frequent and bombings altogether ness conditions, examines seven industries common . “New Scotland Yard” is so in detail, including construction and health named because Fenians blew up the old care products . In A Year without “Made in one . Brian Jenkins, an emeritus profes- China” ($15 .95 paper), Sara Bongiorni, an sor of history at Bishop’s University, has American business journalist, describes all now followed his previous book, Irish the obstacles she faced in an experiment Nationalism and the British State, with The trying to eliminate Chinese-made products Fenian Problem: Insurgency and Terrorism in from her family’s life . The fast was not en- a Liberal State (McGill-Queen’s University tirely successful, so ubiquitous are imports Press, $80) . It is concerned with details made in China either in whole or in part . of how successive British governments But her subtext about China’s effects on arrived at policies designed to lessen or western economies is certainly vivid . eliminate the Fenian threat at home with- out trampling the civil and legal rights of When to get involved? ordinary Britons . That gives the book an eerily contemporaneous quality that will ne of the illuminating spectacles be lost on no one reading it . in Toronto a couple of months Oago was a public debate on the China: the new Japan subject of whether nations have the right to intervene militarily in other countries hose of us who were alive in the on humanitarian grounds . Arguing in the Author Sara Bongiorni 1950s remember when the phrase positive were Gareth Evans, the head of T“Made in Japan” stamped on so International Crisis Group, and Mia Far- many different everyday consumer prod- strategy . The difference is that so many row, of Rosemary’s Baby . Arguing the nega- ucts was the hallmark of shoddiness, as of the Chinese products, everything from tive were Rick Hillier, the retired chief of the Japanese, struggling to rebuild their toys to chocolate to milk products, have defence staff (why would anyone want economy in the aftermath of the Second turned out to be not merely inferior but warfare lite rather than the real thing?) World War, exported cheaply made goods poisonous or otherwise dangerous . and John Bolton, the former U .S . ambas- in enormous volume . At the time, “Made John Wiley & Sons, the leading pub- sador to the United Nations, an institu- in Japan” was a refrain heard in stand- lisher of business books, has two new titles tion for which both he and the man who up comedy and pop culture generally, that speak to this problem in interesting appointed him, George W . Bush, wished though behind it of course lay lingering ways . Poorly Made in China: An Insider’s Ac- only ill . This came not long after another political animus: Plus ça change, plus c’est la count of the Tactics Behind China’s Production ex-U .S . ambassador to the UN, Thomas même chose . Today China is building a new Game by Paul Midler ($26 95. paper) argues Pickering, and Morton Abrahamowitz, economy based on a somewhat similar that the situation is actually a deliberate formerly American ambassador to Thai-

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land, writing in Foreign Affairs, posited throughout the 19th century, especially ambitious ideas about how to make the among the European powers, but were of- UN more effective (and quicker) when ten barely distinguishable from European responding to acts of genocide and other colonialism . The United States moved in a such criminal violations of human rights similar direction when going to war with round the world . Spain in 1898 ostensibly to stop aggression Surely there is an urgent need to ad- against the people of Cuba and the Philip- dress the problem in this age of Darfur, pines who, in the end, found themselves Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe and so on . with a different set of masters . The trend the past few years, however, At one point, Mr . Bass inserts what has been to sidestep direct involvement amounts to a review of his own book . or else for the U .S . to impose economic “This is not a nostalgic book,” he writes . sanctions (presumably the same ones that “There is no need to rewind to the nine- brought Fidel Castro to his knees in 1960) . teenth century, just to learn something This is a tremendously complex issue that from the period’s diplomacy . It is as rash bites into some timeless philosophical and to pine for a lost golden age as it is to ethical questions: when, whether, why and dimly imagine one in the hypothetical by what means does a state acquire moral future . The nineteenth century was not a authority, as distinguished from high- century of humanitarianism . One cannot minded self-interest? ignore the arrogant imperialism . Many of Gary J . Bass of Princeton University has the characters in this book held loathsome been left to provide a serious historical racial attitudes that played out in the sub- overview of interventionism in Freedom’s jugation of countless people ”. Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Interven- tion (Random House of Canada, $40) . In a F George Fetherling’s latest novel is Walt nutshell, he shows that interventions “to UNICE Whitman’s Secret (Random House Can- stop the atrocities” were quite common UN goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow ada) .

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Prepare for love: Tips for Saint Valentine's Day

n Feb . 14, many will be celebrat- ries, strawberries, ap- fall within the category "aphrodisiac" in ing Saint Valentine’s Day, the day ples, bananas, apricots, that they supply the nutrients and sat- Owhen lovers traditionally express peaches, pears, plums, isfaction one needs to lead a happy and their affection for each other . Not surpris- grapes, mangoes, pa- healthy life . ingly, over the years, Valentine’s Day has payas, coconut, pome- Here are some tips for a sensuous become the day of the year when the most granates and figs . This Valentine’s Day evening à deux: roses are sold . Is this because if the letters could be due to their 1 . Set a beautiful table in advance . of the word "rose" are rearranged they size (perfect for hand- (Invest in a few fresh flowers, roses per- spell "Eros", the god of love? Margaret feeding a lover), their haps?) Dickenson February 14 is also the second largest shape, taste, juiciness, 2 . Prepare your meal with care and do card-giving day of the year (after Christ- or sensuous texture . I was fascinated to much of the preparation ahead of time . mas) as those of all generations exchange learn, for example, that avocados, whose Include choices that will not keep you in and send special greetings of love . (The tree the Aztecs called "ahuacati (which the kitchen for more than a few minutes U .S . Card Association estimates that 85 translates as the "testicle tree") do actu- between courses . per cent of Valentine cards are purchased ally hang in pairs on trees . Phallic-shaped 3 . Don’t forget the hors d’oeuvres . by women ). Heart-shaped designs, doves vegetables (asparagus, corn, cucumbers, These are a must . Consider serving shrimp (symbolizing fidelity) and roses continue carrots and eggplant), some herbs (basil), with tails and oysters, thus allowing you to be favorite motifs . spices (cloves, pepper, ginger, cinnamon, to hand feed your valentine and to savour For family dining, tables (from nap- mustard), nuts (almonds) and honey are the moment . Creamy dips (particularly kins to centerpieces) take on a red theme . all considered to have aphrodisiac effects . made with avocados) and fresh fig halves Heart-shaped and cupid cookie cutters After considering this exotic informa- in some form (see recipe below) are certain and moulds are retrieved from the bottom tion, one conclusion comes to mind . The to create a romantic mood . of kitchen drawers . Together families de- freshest and most wholesome foods might 4 . Dress for the occasion (from smart light in cutting veggies, toast, pâté, cheese, bread, etc . into popular Valentine’s Day shapes . With a few of these "hand-tooled" additions, Valentine’s dinner is certain to be a happy event for the entire family . But what if you’re a couple without kids, or empty-nesters? For myself, the best expression of love on Valentine’s Day (as on every other day of the year) is preparing and sharing a delicious meal with my husband . After all, it is gener- ally agreed that great food is the quickest way to anyone’s heart . However, being Valentine’s Day, couples may want their culinary choices to enhance the power of love . I must be honest and admit that some "pleasure" foods actually impair the power of love (think fried foods, rich cream sauces, excessively sweet and salty fare, saturated fats and highly processed foods) . Although, coffee in moderation has a positive effect, it is best to limit its con- sumption as well as that of alcohol . But don’t be discouraged . There is good news . One of our great indulgences, chocolate, helps instill passion . So tuck in . Seafood, virtually all it, is another food of love, with oysters topping the list . Oys- ters contain zinc which is necessary for testosterone production in both men and

women . arry Dickenson L Many fresh fruits are said to possess Minted fresh figs with feta aphrodisiac properties: cherries, raspber-

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casual or elegant to intriguing or maybe even provocative) . Besfobmjof!pg!epxoupxo/!Tfsfojuz!pg!b!tvjuf/ 5 . Light the candles, put on the music, dim the lights, and if you have a fireplace, start it . ¦!!Epxoupxo!mpdbujpo-!dmptf!up!tipqt!'!buusbdujpot! 6 . Choose a cozy spot to leisurely sip ¦!!Tqbdjpvt!tvjuft!xjui!gvmm!ljudifot-!fotvjuf!mbvoesz! your drinks and seductively nibble hors ¦!!Gjuoftt!dfousf!xjui!joepps!qppm-!fyfsdjtf!sppn! d’oeuvres . ¦!!Dpnqmjnfoubsz!35.ipvs!cvtjoftt!dfousf ¦!!Gsff!mpdbm!dbmmt!'!xjsfmftt!ijhi.tqffe!Joufsofu 7 . Indulge in chocolates, put off the clean-up and enjoy the rest of the evening . Jefbm!gps!tipsu!boe!mpoh!ufsn!tubzt"

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Minted Fresh Figs with Feta Makes 12 pieces (6 servings) 6 fresh whole figs, ripe (each: 1 1/4 oz or 35 g) 2 to 3 tsp (10 to 15 mL) vinaigrette (a mus- tard herb type), divided 12 tiny cubes (1/3 inch or 0 .8 cm) feta cheese 12 fresh mint leaves, rather large* EXPERIENCE L'ART DE VIVRE Garnish 12 tiny edible flowers** (violas, Johnny Jump-Ups), optional www.signaturesrestaurant.com 1 .Wipe figs clean; cut each in half verti- 453 LAURIER AVENUE EAST cally through stem, leaving stem attached . 613.236.2499 2 . Lay fig halves (cut side up) on a clean flat surface . Using a finger, press an indentation into centre of each fig half to create a deep depression . (Avoid cracking edges of figs ). 3 . Carefully drizzle cut surfaces of fig halves with a few drops of vinaigrette, cautiously cutting it into flesh with tip of a spoon . (Note of Caution: Avoid "soak- ing" the figs with vinaigrette . The hors d’oeuvres must not drip ). 4 . Add one large mint leaf to surface of each fig half, pressing down at centre to retain indentation . 5 . Put cubes of feta in a small bowl and lightly bathe with vinaigrette . Place one bathed feta cube into mint-lined depres- sion of each fig half and garnish with a tiny edible flower (or smaller mint leaf) .

* Large enough to line a half fig without hiding the fig . ** When edible flowers are not available, use small fresh mint leaves .

Tip: Purchase fresh figs only when they are definitely ripe . Make ahead tip: Minted Fresh Figs may be prepared (up to several hours) in advance, placed in an airtight plastic container and refrigerated until ready to serve .

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Gracious Greece on the Canal

By Margo Roston Dyanne Wilson The Greek Ambassador’s residence was built in 1910 by well-known architect Werner Ernest Noffke for Senator Andrew Haydon, grandfather of the former regional chair, Andy Haydon.

ome houses stand out, whether for comfortable residence of amiable Ambassa- The house has gone through changes their size, their style or their location . dor Nikolaos Matsis and his wife Kathy . over the years . The original oak panel- SPut all three together with the steady “I find something like splendour about ing which lines the walls of the foyer and hand of a master architect and you’ve got this house,” says the ambassador of the six- the landing of the elegant staircases is, of something special . bedroom mansion, which is just a hop, skip course, intact . The story goes that the small The Greek embassy owns one of Ottawa’s and jump from Dows Lake . Balconies on heart-shaped cutouts on the spindles of the premier addresses, a three-storey heritage the main and second floors give a southern staircase were signs of the original owner’s home built in 1910 by one of Ottawa’s most grace to the exterior, while a side balcony on love for his wife . fabled architects, Werner Ernest Noffke, for the third floor offers vistas of the lush sur- “There’s also supposed to be a ghost,” Senator Andrew Haydon, grandfather of rounding landscape . says Mrs . Matsis . former regional chair Andy Haydon . The And the location is special to Mrs . Matsis . The original dining room, which had senator was born in Pakenham in 1867 and “I like the ability to walk to Bank Street been opened to the living room, was moved flourished as a well-known lawyer, Liberal where there is so much action,” says the across the hall so there are now two sitting party insider and author of a book about Australian-born Greek, who met her hus- rooms side by side, each with beautiful Lanark as well as Mackenzie King and the band at a dance in Athens . “We were beamed ceilings . Liberal Party (1930) . married in Greece and honeymooned in And the Matsis’s made more changes . Set on a hill above Queen Elizabeth Drive Tasmania,” she laughs . They moved the kitchen and powder room and overlooking the Rideau Canal, the im- The ambassador also has ties to Aus- from the basement to bright modern fa- posing house with its wraparound balconies tralia, where he worked as the editor of a cilities on the main floor . The ambassador and long, covered walkway, was purchased Greek newspaper for a couple of years and is thrilled with the workout room that has by the Greek government in 1977 after it had later took a posting there during his 31-year taken their place . been empty for several years . It’s now the diplomatic career . “We don’t ski,” he admits, although this is

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COMMITTED TO QUALITY INSPIRED BY DESIGN hotos Dyanne Wilson p all Plan a perfect room. Clockwise from top left: Greek Ambassador Nikolaos Matsis and his wife, Kathy. Dinner in the dining room always has some Greek flair. The original dining room, which had opened to the living room, was Live happily ever after. moved so there are now two reception rooms, side by side.

Custom window coverings the third time he has been posted to Canada, sical silver wreath, a symbol of the Athens Shutters including stints in Toronto and Montreal . Olympics . Blinds Their daughter, Helen, was born in Canada More formal are the classical Greek stat- and is a student at Concordia University . ues in the reception rooms – Aphrodite on Furniture Their son, Anthony, attended Lower Canada a dolphin and Kore, a free standing statue Upholstery College and graduated from McGill . of a maiden, both belonging to the Greek Slipcovers Much of art and furniture belongs to the Ministry of Civilization . The couple also has Bedcoverings couple, including the living room’s bright mementoes from Brazil . Hardware red sofa and chair, the Persian rugs, a cop- “We believe in the blending of styles,” per table and an Ottoman brazier . says Mrs . Matsis . “The diplomatic life is all Designer showroom & The art is eclectic, treasures collected about memories and recollections ”. during three decades in the diplomatic Dinner in the large dining room always professional workroom on premises corps . Paintings of Greek fishermen in the has a Greek motif, sometimes including pas- Ukraine, silver Russian cigarette boxes, and ticcio – a kind of lasagna – and baklava . And 1134 Bank Street lacquered boxes with images of saints in the lamb dishes… well they are piecès de gold leaf brighten the main floor reception résistance of the ambassador, a “great cook,” (near Sunnyside) rooms . Copies of a book of Greek poetry according to his wife . 613.730.9090 written by the ambassador and translated “Ottawa is our home now and selling and published in Russian line a bookshelf . Greece is our job,” she says . www.elitedraperies.ca There’s a brightly painted boomerang, a gift from a posting in Australia, and a clas- Margo Roston is Diplomat’s culture editor .

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Canary in the coal wine?

sk a climatologist about wine . Be- have also contributed famed and irreverent owner of California’s sides hearing about his favourite to this improvement Bonny Doon, is planting a vineyard near Aproducer, an impressive personal over the last half cen- the tiny town of San Juan Bautista to learn collection or perhaps a little story about tury, climate has been how to accommodate climate change . He drinking too much Port, you’ll be told the greater influence . hopes much of the primarily east- and something quite profound . You’ll learn Frost is now less of a northeast-facing vineyard will be planted that when it comes to climate change, threat, and growing without supplemental irrigation (dry- wine is the proverbial canary in the coal seasons have length- farming) . To that end, he plans on small, Pieter mine . Van den Weghe ened by 20 to 40 days low-to-the-ground vines which will be Even minute changes in climate rever- in Europe and 90 days widely spaced . By keeping vigour down berate through wine production . We know in Napa . Many cooler wine-growing re- from the get-go, Mr . Grahm hopes to es- this because no other agricultural product gions have benefited, and there’s serious and the climatic conditions affecting its anticipation of great sparkling wines from development are as carefully watched England and lush reds from Germany from the beginning of a growing season down the road . The real beneficiary so to its results years later . Furthermore, all far has been Europe and, in particular, this analysis and documentation occurs in France . A succession of vintages in vari- countless locations around the globe . ous French regions have produced wines that are more fruit-forward, higher in alcohol and lower in acid . “Our weather is now perfect,” says Jean-Guillaume Prats of Bordeaux’s Château Cos d’Estournel . “Global warming has changed the style of wine we make to be a rounder, more forward wine ”. Better wines from the world’s greatest wine-producing areas and many new wine regions? What’s the bad news? Well, many existing wine regions may simply become too hot to create balanced, high-quality wines if temperature increases continue . Though modern vineyard practices can help create favourable grape-growing con- ditions, good wine can only be achieved with the appropriate grape variety reach- ing its phenolic and sugar ripenesss in the right geological and climactic scenario . In 2005, in a landmark study, Climate All this may result in long-established Change and Global Wine Quality, clima- wine regions becoming inhospitable for Bonny Doon tologist Gregory V . Jones from Southern their traditional grape varietals . Beyond Randall Grahm, of Bonny Doon Vineyard Oregon University and his co-authors that, extended exposure to temperatures analyzed yearly climactic data and the above 30 C may cause flavour ripening to scores for the corresponding wines from fail while photosynthesis stops altogether tablish deeply rooted vines that are more the world’s top wine regions . They con- above 35 C . This may lead to not just a drought-tolerant, but, if he still needs ir- cluded that, over the last 50 years, most wholesale changing of grape varietals rigation despite these plans, so be it . of the world’s high-quality wine-produc- but the complete abandonment of certain Scientists, politicians and pundits may ing areas, particularly in the Northern wine regions . Warmer weather and longer continue to argue, but grape growers and Hemisphere, have experienced sustained growing seasons also increase the poten- winemakers have long realized that cli- warming trends of their growing seasons tial of diseases and pests while growing ir- mate change is real . Its ongoing effect on with an average temperature increase of 2 rigation needs will result in greater water the wine industry will only become more C . The Southern Hemisphere has been far stress to surrounding environments . This evident to wine drinkers . Though we may less impacted due to the great moderating is of particular concern in regions such gain much that is new and great, I hope effect of its ocean-to-land-mass ratio . as southeastern Australia where severe the wines and traditions we treasure don’t These higher average temperatures drought has persisted for more than six just become memories . have resulted in higher-quality wines and years . less year-to-year variation . While viticul- But all is not grim . The wine indus- Pieter Van den Weghe is the sommelier at tural (vineyard cultivation) and vinicul- try is adaptable if nothing else and can Beckta dining & wine . tural (wine grape cultivation) practices overcome challenges . Randall Grahm, the

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Clara Brett Martin: Trailblazer or anti-semite?

By Laura Neilson Bonikowsky

n 1891, a generation before the Famous the British Empire’s Martin overcame all of these prejudices . Five’s victory in the Persons Case, first female lawyer . She was a remarkably determined woman IClara Brett Martin applied to study She earned a Bach- who quietly advanced women’s causes . law . Her rejection was incontrovertible . elor of Civil Law History forgot about her until the early “This application to the Law Society of and LLB degrees 1980s, when academia began to recog- Upper Canada is refused . The governing and established a nize women’s accomplishments . Martin statute regulating this body, not having been successful practice in Toronto . reached a zenith in September 1989 when drafted under the advanced views of the Martin was not a leader of the women’s Ontario’s Attorney General announced day and specifically referring to the admis- movement, but she worked diligently to the opening of the Clara Brett Martin sion of persons, does not permit the inter- promote opportunities for women, hir- Building . The official opening included pretation of ‘persons’ to include women ”. ing women law students and initiating a a dramatic representation of her struggle Despite the rebuff, she persisted . Deter- Women’s Court . Recognizing education as that brought people to tears . Martin was mined, perhaps naive, she appealed to the the key to empowerment, she served for elevated to the status of heroine . profession’s “broad spirit of liberality and 10 years on Toronto’s Board of Education . In July 1990, only 10 months later, fairness ”. Supported by the influential Em- At the turn of the 20th century, women Martin was ignominiously shoved off her ily Stowe and Sir Oliver Mowat, Martin’s were not full citizens . They could appear pedestal when a University of Western appeal led to the passage of a provincial in court as litigants, witnesses or victims, Ontario law professor published a letter act allowing women to become solicitors . but not as members of the court, as they Martin sent to the Attorney General’s of- She entered law school in 1893 and placed were sure to influence judges and ju- fice in March 1915 complaining that prop- first in the solicitor’s examination . ries with their feminine wiles . Allowing erty titles were clouded by the registration With the help of Lady Aberdeen and women access to higher education was of false agreements of sale . Each instance Mowat’s continued assistance, Martin’s contentious, the prevailing opinion held the professor cited was attributed by second appeal led to legislation admitting that “the conferring of degrees on women Martin to “a Jew ”. She also asked that “the women as barristers, but she was rejected would encourage them to enter the profes- Registry Act be amended to prevent this upon application to the bar . The Law Soci- sions and public life,” thereby offending scandalous work of foreigners ”. ety finally yielded to pressure by wealthy those “who appreciate the delicate grace Without understanding the socio-his- clients and on Feb . 2, 1897, Martin became and beauty of woman's character ”. toric context of Martin’s time, it’s difficult to understand how a woman who had worked so hard to escape oppression could exhibit such prejudice . But Canada in the early 20th century was decidedly anti-Semitic, and Martin’s attitude was common . In 1905, only 10 years before Martin’s letter, Henri Bourassa delivered a vituperative anti-Jewish speech to the House of Commons urging Canada to refuse Jewish immigrants . Regardless of her time, Martin was judged by late 20th-century values . Some demanded her name be removed from the building; others called for it to remain, given the number of buildings named for anti-Semitic men . Her name was removed in late 1990, leaving only a silhouette as shadowy as the memory of Martin’s ac- complishments . Today, the choice remains: honour Mar- tin for her accomplishments in the face of huge obstacles, or vilify her for attitudes that have become pejorative over time . To er do either exclusively denies the complex- Upp f ity of human history . ociety o S Laura Neilson Bonikowsky is the associ- w a L ate editor of The Canadian Encyclopedia . he T

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4. THIS PAGE 1.Gu Langlin, wife of Chinese Ambassador Lan Lijun, presented a taste of Beijing Opera

at their residence Nov. 6. This performer was part of the colourful show. (Photo: Ulle Baum) • 2.

Several diplomatic families showed up for the 5th Annual Rogers movie matinée Dec. 13 at Rainbow

Cinema. Here, Clarissa Day hangs an ornament on the tree. (Photo: Karen Keskinen) • 3. Dominican

Ambassador Luis Arias, left, hosted a Canadian-Dominican concert Nov. 17. He’s shown with violinist

Eugenio Matos, special advisor at the Dominican Embassy, and Canadian pianist Sheryl Molloy. • 4.

The 23rd annual EU Film Festival took place in November. Shown at the opening gala: Tom McSorley,

director of the Canadian Film Institute, and his wife, Tina. • 5. French Ambassador Francois Delattre

hosted the EU Film Festival launch. Shown: Mr. Delattre, Caroline Jacquemot-Gindre, an attaché at

the French Embassy, and Roy Christensen, press officer for the delegation of the European Commis-

sion. (Photos: Ulle Baum)

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European Union co-hosted a concert Dec. 5 at Notre Dame Cathedral with the Calixa Lavallée Choir

and Chorale De La Salle. Here, Robert Filion directs the Chorale de la Salle singing a traditional Finn-

ish carol. • 2. The church was filled to near-capacity for the concert. (Photos: Bob Diotte) • 3. The

Canadian Federation of University Women’s diplomatic hospitality group held its annual Christmas

party at the Dominion Chalmers Church Dec. 12. Shown here is Joyce Kallaghe, wife of Tanzanian

High Commissioner Peter Kallaghe. • 4. Argentine Ambassador Arturo Bothamley attended the

opening of the 24th annual art show held at Foreign Affairs Nov. 25. He’s shown with Diplomat

contributors Margaret and Larry Dickenson. • 5. Korean Ambassador Soo-dong Kim attended the

Canada-Korea Society’s annual general meeting at Hunt Club Oct. 25. Shown here are Mr. Kim, his

wife, Inu Yu, and Senator Joseph Day, right. (Photos: Frank Scheme)

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New Heads of Mission

Werner Brandstetter year posting at the embassy in Finland Ambassador of Austria before returning to the ministry to oversee the EU portion of the European division . In 1993, she became first secretary to Cuba’s embassy in Sweden for two years and then chargé d’affaires at the embassy in Denmark . In 1998, she returned to head- quarters as assistant director for Europe . From 2000 to 2003, she was Cuba’s ambassador to Switzerland and a non- resident ambassador to Liechtenstein . For the last five years, she has been director for Europe at headquarters . Ms . Sotolongo is married and has one child . the National Autonomous University of Mexico and a doctorate from the Pontifical Mr . Brandstetter is a career diplomat Karel Zebrakovsky Catholic University of Ecuador . who joined the foreign service in 1979 af- Ambassador of the Czech Republic He joined the foreign ministry in 1976 . ter studying at Vienna’s University of Eco- His first posting came five years later, nomics and doing post-graduate work at as second secretary in Mexico . He was the Diplomatic Academy and the Vienna promoted to first secretary during the five- Institute . year posting and returned to the ministry His first two postings were to Moscow for two years before becoming counselor and New York . He returned to headquar- and later minister at the embassy in Japan ters in 1987 to work on the North America for five years . He then spent four years desk before being sent to the embassy in back at headquarters before serving as Berlin in 1990 . A year later, he was minister minister at the embassy in Austria from in Prague and four years later, he became 1998 to 2003 . He returned to headquarters consul general in Los Angeles . In 2000, he and held various posts, most recently di- returned to headquarters as deputy head rector-general of the diplomatic academy . of the Western Europe department and Mr . Chavez is married to Magdalena was foreign policy advisor to the minister Calderón Cevallos . They have one daughter . from 2001 to 2004 . For the four years prior Mr . Zebrakovsky has led a varied career to coming to Ottawa, he was ambassador beginning in 1973 when, after complet- Daya Perera to Brazil . ing a master’s in electrical engineering, High Commissioner for Sri Lanka Mr . Brandstetter is married to Leonie- he became manager of the corporate Maria and they have two adult children . development unit at Transgas in Prague . He stayed for 12 years before becoming a Teresita de Jesús Vicente Sotolongo senior advisor with the Federal Ministry Ambassador of Cuba of Metallurgy and Heavy Engineering . He worked as a professor of information tech- nology at the Czech Management Centre and then spent two years as counselor at the Czech embassy in New York . From 1993 to 1998, he was director of the depart- ment of external economic relations and international organizations . From 2001 to 2006, he was ambassador to Japan and for the two years prior to coming to Canada, he was back at head- Mr . Perera has had a varied career in quarters as ambassador-at-large for sci- law, forensic medicine and diplomacy . ence, technology and education . In 1954, he was admitted as an advocate He is married to Marketa, also a diplo- of their lordship’s court in Sri Lanka and mat, and they have two children . spent 50 years in law . In 1987, he received a diploma in forensic medicine and science Ms . Sotolongo joined the ministry of Franklin Chavez from the University of Colombo . foreign affairs in 1981, working in the Ambassador of Ecuador From 1956 to 1970, he was with the documentation division . Two years later, office of the attorney general and was she was a desk officer, overseeing Nordic Mr . Chavez is a career diplomat . He seconded to the Sri Lankan army twice country files . In 1985, she started a four- has a master’s in international law from during that period . He then joined the un-

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official bar until 1988 . From 1988 to 1991, he was ambassador to the United Nations in New York after which he joined the pri- vate bar again . For a year in 1995, he was an examiner in forensic medicine for the North Colombo Medical College . Mr . Perera is a widower with two grown children .

Non-Heads of Mission

China Xiaowen You, Counsellor

Costa Rica Samy Araya Rojas Counsellor

Denmark Jorgen Jacobsen Defence, Military, Naval and Air Attaché

Iraq Kadhim A.J. Al-Robaee Eliminate the Second Secretary spider veins from your legs and face Israel by simple injection. Ariel Vinograd Attaché Ultrasound injections Latvia cut the need for varicose Juris Bezzubovs vein surgery. This exclusive Defence, Military, Naval and Air Attaché service is available at Mexico Dr. Beaupré’s Clinics. Hector Capetillo Lopez Naval Attaché ONE OF CANADA’S LEADERS Moldova WITH OVER 30 YEARS Tudor Ulianovschi EXPERIENCE Second Secretary

Russia Vladimir Lapshin Counsellor

Saudi Arabia Majed A.M. Al Jumaieh Attaché

Slovenia Luka Kovacec Third Secretary

Turkey Dr. Beaupré, M.D. Ibrahim Tasbasi Counsellor

United Arab Emirates Khalid Mohamed Amer S. A. Alhajeri 600-1335 Carling Avenue, Attaché Ottawa (613) 722- 0101 102-500 boul. de l’Hôpital, Zambia Gatineau (819) 561-0561 Hilda Kafumukache Musunsa First Secretary

diplomat and international canada 37 AFGHANISTAN AUSTRIA BENIN BURUNDI His Ex . Omar Samad His Ex . Werner Brandstetter His Ex . Honoré Ahimakin Her Ex . Appolonie Simbizi Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Embassy of the Republic of Austria Embassy of the Republic of Benin Embassy of the Republic of Burundi Afghanistan 445 Wilbrod Street 58 Glebe Avenue 325 Dalhousie Street, Suite 815 240 Argyle Street Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6M7 Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2C3 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7G2 Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1B9 TEL 789-1444 FAX 789-3431 TEL 233-4429 FAX 233-8952 TEL 789-0414 FAX 789-9537 TEL 563-4223 FAX 563-4962 Ottawa-ob@bmeia .gv .at ambaben@benin .ca ambabottawa@yahoo .com contact@afghanemb-canada .net http://ambabucanada .le-site .info

c ts con ta www .afghanemb-canada .net AZERBAIJAN BOLIVIA Mr . Farid Shafiyev His Ex . Edgar Torrez Mosqueira CAMEROON ALBANIA Chargé d’Affaires Embassy of the Republic of Bolivia His Ex . Solomon Azoh-Mbi Anu’a- His Ex . Besnik Konci Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan 130 Albert Street, Suite 416 Gheyle Embassy of the Republic of Albania 275 Slater Street, Suite 904-C Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 High Commission for the Republic 130 Albert Street, Suite 302 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H9 TEL 236-5730 FAX 236-8237 of Cameroon Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 TEL 288-0497 FAX 230-8089 embolivia04@yahoo .com 170 Clemow Avenue TEL 236-4114 FAX 236-0804 Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2B4 embassyofalbania@on .aibn .com BAHAMAS BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA TEL 236-1522 FAX 236-3885 His Ex . Michael D . Smith His Ex . Milenko Misic ALGERIA High Commission for The Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina CHILE His Ex . Smail Benamara Commonwealth of The Bahamas 130 Albert Street, Suite 805 His Ex . Eugenio Ortega Riquelme Embassy of the People’s Democratic 50 O’Connor Street, Suite 1313 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 Embassy of the Republic of Chile Republic of Algeria Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L2 TEL 236-0028 FAX 236-1139 50 O’Connor Street, Suite 1413 500 Wilbrod Street TEL . 232-1724 FAX 232-0097 embassyofbih@bellnet .ca Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L2 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N2 ottawa-mission@bahighco .com www .bhembassy .ca TEL 235-9940 FAX 235-1176 TEL 789-8505 FAX 789-1406 echileca@chile .ca diplomatic www.embassyalgeria.ca/eng.htm BANGLADESH BRAZIL www .chile .ca His Ex . A .M . Yakub Ali His Ex . Paulo Cordeiro Pinto ANGOLA High Commission for the People’s Embassy of the Federative Republic CHINA His Ex . Miguel Maria N . Puna Republic of Bangladesh of Brazil His Ex . Lijun Lan Embassy of the Republic of Angola 340 Albert St ., Suite 1300 450 Wilbrod Street Embassy of the People’s Republic 189 Laurier Avenue East Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7Y6 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6M8 of China Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6P1 TEL 236-0138 FAX 567-3213 TEL 237-1090 FAX 237-6144 515 St . Patrick Street TEL 234-1152 FAX 234-1179 bangla@rogers .com mailbox@brasembottawa .org Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5H3 info@embangola-can .org www .bdhc .org TEL . 789-3434 FAX 789-1911 www .embangola-can .org BRUNEI DARUSSALAM www .chinaembassycanada .org BARBADOS Her Ex . Rakiah Haji Abdul Lamit ARGENTINA His Ex . Edward Evelyn Greaves High Commission for Brunei COLOMBIA His Ex . Arturo Bothamley High Commission for Barbados Darussalam . His Ex . Jaime Giron-Duarte Embassy of the Argentine Republic 55 Metcalfe St., Suite 470 395 Laurier Avenue East Embassy of the Republic of Colombia 81 Metcalfe Street 7th Floor Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 6L5 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6R4 360 Albert Street, Suite 1002 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6K7 TEL 236-9517 FAX 230-4362 TEL 234-5656 FAX 234-4397 Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7 TEL 236-2351 FAX 235-2659 ottawa@foreign .gov .bb bhco@bellnet .ca TEL 230-3760 FAX 230-4416 embargentina@argentina-canada .net embajada@embajadacolombia .ca www .argentina-canada .net BELARUS BULGARIA www .embajadacolombia .ca Mr . Pavel Pustovoy His Ex. Evgueni Stoytchev ARMENIA Chargé d’Affaires Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria CONGO (ZAIRE) Mr . Arman Akopian Embassy of the Republic of Belarus 325 Stewart Street Ms . Louise Nzanga Ramazani Chargé d’Affaires 130 Albert Street, Suite 600 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6K5 Chargé d’Affaires Embassy of the Republic of Armenia Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 TEL 789-3215 FAX 789-3524 Embassy of the Democratic Republic 7 Delaware Avenue TEL 233-9994 FAX 233-8500 of the Congo Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0Z2 belamb@igs .net BURKINA FASO 18 Range Road TEL 234-3710 FAX 234-3444 Her Ex . Juliette Bonkoungou Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8J3 armcanadaembassy@mfa .com BELGIUM Embassy of Burkina Faso TEL 230-6391 FAX 230-1945 www .armembassycanada .ca His Ex . Jean Lint 48 Range Road Embassy of Belgium Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8J4 COSTA RICA AUSTRALIA 360 Albert Street, Suite 820 TEL 238-4796 FAX 238-3812 Her Ex . Emilia Maria Alvarez His Ex . Justin Hugh Brown Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7 burkina .faso@sympatico .ca Navarro Australian High Commission TEL 236-7267 FAX 236-7882 www .ambaburkina-canada .org Embassy of the Republic of Costa Rica 50 O’Connor, Suite 710 Ottawa@diplobel .org 325 Dalhousie Street, Suite 407 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L2 www .diplomatie .be/ottawa Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7G2 TEL 236-0841 FAX 236-4376 TEL . 562-2855 FAX 562-2582 www .canada .embassy .gov .au embcrica@travel-net .com www .costaricaembassy .com

38 | EMBASSIES | HIGH COMMISSIONS ‑ | OTHER INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES WINTER 09 | JAN–MAR CÔTE D’IVOIRE ESTONIA GUATEMALA INDONESIA His Ex . Louis Leon Boguy Bony Rasmus Lumi His Excellency Georges de La Roche His Ex . Djoko Hardono Embassy of the Republic of Chargé d’Affaires Embassy of the Republic of Embassy of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Embassy of the Republic of Estonia Guatemala Indonesia 9 Marlborough Avenue 260 Dalhousie Street, Suite 210 130 Albert Street, Suite 1010 55 Parkdale Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8E6 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7E4 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 1E5 TEL . 236-9919 FAX 563-8287 TEL . 789-4222 FAX 789-9555 TEL . 233-7237 FAX 233-0135 TEL . 724-1100 FAX 724-1105 acica@ambaci-ottawa .org embassy .ottawa@mfa .ee embassy1@embaguate-canada .com info@indonesia-ottawa .org www .ambaci-ottawa .org www .estemb .ca www .embaguate-canada .com www .indonesia-ottawa .org c ts con ta ETHIOPIA CROATIA Embassy of the Federal Democratic GUINEA IRAN Her Ex . 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Ziad 388 Main Street Ottawa, ON K2P1P1 151 Slater Street, Suite 309 Embassy of the Republic of Iraq Ottawa, Ontario K1S 1E3 TEL . 238-6464 FAX 238-5191 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3 215 McLeod Street TEL . 563-0141 FAX 563-0068 delegation-canada@ec .europa .eu TEL . 235-7249 FAX 235-1447 Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0Z8 diplomatic cuba@embacuba .ca www .delcan .ec .europa .eu TEL . 236-9177 FAX 236-9641 www .embacuba .ca HAITI media@iraqembassy .ca FINLAND Ms . Marie Nathalie Menos-Gissel www .iraqembassy .ca CZECH REPUBLIC His Ex . Risto Ensio Piipponen Chargé d’Affaires His Ex. Karel Žebrakovský Embassy of the Republic of Finland Embassy of the Republic of Haiti IRELAND Embassy of the Czech Republic 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 850 130 Albert Street, Suite 1500 His Ex . 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By Sarah Close ANOC V Whistler’s ski jump is the competition site for ski jumping. If you want to see any of it, be creative when looking for accommodation.

As demand for tickets long ago swamped sup- To its north are mountains . Unlike Seattle, Like the most recent summer Olympics ply for many sold-out events at Vancouver Vancouver has relatively few windy days, in Beijing, the Vancouver Olympics have and Whistler’s 17-day Winter Olympics in thanks to the buffer of Vancouver Island . been plagued with controversies over 2010, Diplomat asked Vancouver native Whistler, a world-class ski resort town, Olympic Village construction and cost- Sarah Close to look into logistics problems. lies some 130 kilometres north of Vancou- overruns . But the single most controver- She found plenty in accommodation and ver and features two operating ski hills, sial issue is the lack of affordable housing anticipates inevitable confusion and slow- Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Moun- for Vancouver’s own local residents, never downs in local transportation, all adding up tain . One daily ticket will grant access mind visitors . to: Plan early, be persistent – and patient. to both mountains and (as of early 2009) Despite loud and often disruptive pub- there will be a “Peak to Peak” gondola for lic protest, the Games were awarded to ancouver is undisputedly one of an additional cost, which will mean that Vancouver on July 2, 2003 . Public protests the world’s most beautiful cities . the public will not have to waste time ski- continue – crowds of anti-poverty protest- VIts mild climate makes it one of ing down to the bottom of the hill to gain ers, ranging in size, have rushed the stage the few places in Canada where mittens access to the other mountain . during Olympic celebrations, trashed a are worn for fashion rather than warmth, From Feb . 12-28, 2010, Vancouver hosts Cabinet Minister's office in a mock "evic- and where no one bats an eye if you show the 21st Winter Olympic Games, followed tion" and have necessitated 24-hour secu- up to the local bar in your yoga gear . You closely by the 10th Winter Paralympics rity on the Olympic countdown clock to can often ski and windsurf in the same from March 12-21 . This will be Canada’s prevent vandalism . day . third time to host the Olympics, after the No fewer than 86 events have been Vancouver sits right on the Pacific 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and slated for the Games, mostly in Vancouver, Coast and spreads across several inlets . the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary . with a small number taking place in Whis-

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search an accommodation “bank” and get transit and general information on Van- couver/Whistler . A Vancouver Tourism official said many hotels will only post room availability in February . So even if nothing matches your search criteria now, check back often . He also included a disclaimer – no one in- volved with the Olympics or the tourism offices has control over the price hotels charge for rooms . Craigslist .org, a site heavily used on the West Coast for buying or selling anything, offered a number of options for renting out private apartments over the Olympics with prices gener- ally ranging from $500 - $1,000 a night . Granted, you will likely get more space in an apartment, and you will have a kitchen to avoid extra costs such as mini-bar bills . If you do manage to find a place to stay and secure tickets to your dream event, Vancouver has restaurants for all tastes . Sushi restaurants can be found on almost any block downtown and range in quality but don’t let little hole-in-the-walls deter you . Sometimes they’re the best . If Japanese is not your taste, try Vij’s (1480 West 11th Ave .) in the South Gran- ville neighbourhood . This restaurant makes delicious albeit westernized Indian food but, be warned; it is extremely popu- lar and does not take reservations . If you ANOC V get there and the wait is too long, pop next From left, Olympic mascots Quatchi, Sumi and Miga put their big feet on the pedals for commuter chal- store to Rangoli, which is Vij’s café style lenge day. restaurant . Here the prices are cheaper, the wait is shorter, and you can buy ready-to- tler . In Vancouver, hockey events will be report on where to stay for 2010 quickly eat meals to take home . split between University of British Colum- became “nowhere to stay” in Vancouver If you are staying in the heart of the bia’s Thunderbird Stadium and Canada during the Olympics . city, Jules Bistro (216 Abbott St ). provides Hockey Place, more commonly known as Hotels prefer booking their entire room delicious dining in its little French restau- General Motors Place and the home of the base to such companies as Nike to assure rant in Vancouver’s historic Gastown . The Vancouver Canucks . The figure skating complete booking for the entire event . The inviting décor, excellent frites and stellar events will be held in the Pacific Coli- general public is unlikely to arrive and crème brulée bring customers back . seum, speed skating at a brand new oval stay for two weeks . However, staff at the Whistler, meanwhile, runs the gauntlet in Vancouver’s suburb of Richmond and Whistler Delta Suites said they may have of mediocre restaurants but there are a freestyle skiing and snowboarding on lo- rooms available as of Feb . 1, depending on few gems . Unfortunately, Whistler lacks cal Cypress Mountain . Anything involving how many get picked up in their contract great eateries at affordable prices . Even sledges, aerial skiing or cross-country ski- with VANOC . If you have somewhere in the grocery store will charge you an arm ing will be held at Whistler . For a specific particular you would like to stay, contact and a leg . However, for a treat, the fa- guide to events and how to get tickets, them as soon as possible to see if they will mous Vancouverite restaurateur Umberto check out the Vancouver Olympic website release rooms in the near future . If they do, Menghi has two restaurants in Whistler . (www vancouver2010. com). . then get on a waiting list . Try Trattoria Di Umberto (4417 Sundial Vancouver has many gorgeous hotels Contacting VANOC directly to ask Place, Mountainside Lodge), which offers ranging from five-star chains, such as where they expect would-be spectators, Tuscan food in a cosy-yet-elegant environ- the Four Seasons, to brand new boutique who are not media, sponsors or VANOC ment . I also like visiting the Trattoria for a hotels such as the Moda . Unfortunately, itself to stay wasn’t fruitful either . VANOC late lunch after skiing (they don’t mind if almost all the hotels in downtown Van- staff quickly recommended a website that you are in your ski boots) . Here, you are couver and Whistler are booked . Many re- is a collaborative effort between Tourism near the base of Whistler Mountain and maining hotels do not allow booking until Vancouver, Tourism BC and the Canadian the Dubh Linn Gate Pub (170-4320 Sundial a year before the event, leaving them with Tourism Commission . (www .2010destina Cres ),. is the perfect spot for you to sip a long waiting lists . With heavy pre-book- tionplanner .com) . This site is a dedicated post-dinner Caesar until the more dedi- ings by VANOC, media and sponsors, this 2010 Olympics planner for the public to cated members of your skiing party make

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Vancouver public transit well in advance, especially the bus since you’ll find few transit maps at bus stations . Depending on where you are staying, buy yourself a package of transit tickets from any corner store . The tickets are zoned and can be used in any direction for 90 minutes . The Sea to Sky Highway between Van- couver and Whistler, often called Canada’s most beautiful stretch of road for its pan- oramic views of the sea and mountains, is also dangerous, because of its hairpin turns and poor weather conditions . The Sea to Sky Highway Improvement Proj- ect is due for completion in September of 2009 . As this is the only real access to Whistler – short of helicopter – if weather conditions are bad or there is an accident, be ready for slow moving . Overall, for an Olympic experience, three tips: plan ahead, be patient and al- low lots of time for everything . ANOC V Whistler Creekside: The site for Olympic and Paralympic alpine skiing. Sarah Close lives in Vancou- ver and works in the arts . Dur- their way back to the village . tem called the SkyTrain and a ferry system ing the Olympics, she will be on safari One cannot escape the fact that Vancou- called the SeaBus . By 2010, a Skytrain in Africa for her mother's 50th birthday ver, for all its beauties, lacks a reliable and extension will run passengers from Van- – but says she probably couldn't af- user-friendly transit system . Currently couver International Airport to downtown ford tickets, anyway . TransLink operates buses, a light rail sys- with stops along the way . Plan your use of

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A novel idea: In New Zealand's Abel Talisman National Park you can flag down a water taxi for a trip to the beach.

New Zealand treasures await you Kiwi country has it all, from great lamb and Sauvignon Blanc, to green lakes and glaciers By Kate Lackey

Kia Ora (hello) . cling Auckland’s green salmon fishing, caving, climbing, sailing, Once described in a travel guide as oc- volcanic landscape scuba diving, deer farms, sheep stations, cupying “the last bus-stop on the planet”, and the Islands of the dairy farms, cattle stations, vineyards, New Zealanders have always been aware Hauraki Gulf . olive groves and orchards . And, of course, of their distant location in the Pacific If one word were a profusion of native and exotic wildlife Ocean . It makes them inveterate travelers to describe New Zea- and flora . (at any one time up to 15 per cent of Kiwis land, it would be vari- You might say that little of this is unique are overseas) and they are delighted when ety . Nowhere on earth to New Zealand – but what is unique is Kate travelers from other countries visit their Lackey can one find such an that all this comes in a self-contained and shores . Visitors are welcomed with open infinite variety of scen- easily explored package: Two main islands arms . ery and attractions – mountains, fiords, spanning 1,600 kilometres from the sub- The days of long and complicated jour- islands, blue lakes, green lakes, plains, tropical north to the sub-Antarctic south . ney to New Zealand are over . Air New rivers, glaciers, forests, volcanoes, glori- There is, literally, a change of scene around Zealand now offers direct non-stop flights ous beaches, waterfalls, geysers and hot every corner . from Canada . In the time it takes to enjoy a pools, skiing, galleries, jet boating, gliding, And all of this is served up with the cocktail, a meal, a movie, and a few hours an English city, a Scottish city, a Polyne- warmest of hospitality, freshest of food, sleep, today’s visitors find themselves cir- sian city, a French settlement, fly fishing, and glorious wines . But more on that later .

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While our winters are benign by Cana- restaurants, summer cuisine often means are hot favourites . Choose a world-class dian standards and the skiing is terrific, I eating al fresco in cafés or at barbecues . Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, or Chardon- prefer New Zealand during the summer Fare such as lamb, cervena (venison), nay from one of the country's 376 wineries, months – mid-December to, say, April and you have the perfect complement . when the Pacific Ocean is, well, more pa- We are a premier new-world wine cific, and the weather reliably pleasant . I country, which is producing award-win- need hardly point out that these months ning wines that reflect the clean air and are, shall we say, a convenient time to take sunshine . Top-quality wines are exported a break from Canada . to cellars worldwide . Leading wine re- Summer brings a sense of excitement gions include West Auckland, Gisborne, and activities and events to suit all tastes . Martinborough and Hawke's Bay in the It's a time for sizzling barbecues and North Island and Marlborough, Central swimming at the beach, salads, Sauvignon Otago and Canterbury in the South Is- Blanc, and lazy days at the bach (as we land . call our holiday cottages); a time for both (If you feel a dress rehearsal is called relaxation and celebration . for, a wide selection of New Zealand Fresh and vibrant, New Zealand's wines is currently available throughout wine and food are a major part of any Canada, as are a number of easily recog- adventure – indeed, they’re an adventure nized food icons such as Zespri Gold kiwi in and of themselves . Taste is paramount . fruit and frozen or chilled New Zealand Talented and innovative chefs combine lamb) . the fresh harvest from the garden, land ISTOCK Seasonal wine and food festivals high- Many species of dolphin are found in New Zealand and sea . Pacific influences and indigenous – visitors can get up close, and even swim with light a wide-ranging supply of gourmet foods make it unique . New Zealand's cui- them. foods and boutique wines . Regular farm- sine is often described as “Pacific Rim,” ers’ markets and country fairs showcase and draws inspiration from Europe, Asia crayfish (lobster), fresh fish, and shellfish fresh and flavourful produce and are and Polynesia . is plentiful . Oysters, scallops, green lipped favourite destinations for both locals and And while there is no shortage of top mussels, and paua (New Zealand abalone) visitors . Indigenous foods are becoming d or ff ra T an I

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City view from Westhaven: The sea provides an escape from the buzz of the city.

more of a feature on restaurant menus and Drawn first to the wonders of the un- Newer properties like The Farm, at Cape traditional Maori cuisine is experiencing spoiled landscape, visitors are often sur- Kidnappers in Hawke's Bay, have quickly a contemporary twist at the hands of in- prised by the sophisticated infrastructure earned world-class status . The Cape Kid- novative cooks like Rotorua-based Maori and services providing all the trappings nappers golf course was recently voted chef Charles Royal . of a first-class experience topped off with top in the world by Britain's Daily Tele- Food and wine are not the only finer priceless treasures like peace, privacy and graph newspaper . pursuits in life that are celebrated in New safety . Discerning tourists are continually At no extra cost, visitors can take in Zealand . It's no surprise – with luxury voting New Zealand their favourite des- New Zealand’s natural assets, the land- travel now one of the country's fastest tination . And, even in times of economic scape, with mountains, crystal-clear lakes growing tourism sectors – the world is downturn, travellers from Canada and and rivers, wide open spaces and miles of waking up to New Zealand's vast range of elsewhere are showing they're prepared to sparkling blue seas . possibilities for the discerning traveller . go the extra mile for a top-quality experi- The sheer beauty of New Zealand is For the world–weary, well-travelled ence . something that has to be seen to be be- visitor, New Zealand offers a genuinely New Zealand's first luxury property lieved . Throughout my diplomatic career, I refreshing approach that's strongly linked is still the best known – the multi-award- have been privileged to travel widely, and to the landscape and all about creating winning Huka Lodge in Taupo that's to see many beautiful places, including personal and unique experiences – world- hosted heads of state and Hollywood Canada, of course . Yet I have no hesitation class accommodation, service and trans- stars, and become famous for its seclu- in placing New Zealand’s scenery with the port delivered in a friendly Kiwi manner . sion, unique environment and experience . best in the world .

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More than 30 per cent of the land has been set aside for national parks, reserves and special heritage sites to preserve the country’s unique geographic and eco- logical heritage . You can explore relatively untouched landscapes that are home to ancient forests, rare birds, and creatures which have survived since prehistoric times .

Summer brings a sense of excitement and activities and events to suit all tastes. It's a time for sizzling barbecues and swimming at the beach, salads, Sauvignon Blanc, and lazy days at the bach (as we call our holiday cottages); a time for both relaxation and celebration.

New Zealand's 'Great Walks' are world– renowned . The nine walks include the Milford Track in Fiordland, the Routeburn Track, the Kepler, Stewart Island's Rakiura Track, Tongariro National Park, Whan- ganui Journey and Lake Waikaremoana . However, there are also hundreds of other opportunities for walking or hiking . These range from walking tracks on public conservation and private land, to heritage trails of up to a day's duration in urban areas . All New Zealand cities have great na- tive bush walks nearby, making it easy to get off the beaten track . The New Zealand outdoors offers suitable walks for people of all fitness levels . Most New Zealanders maintain a strong connection with the sea and this certainly impacts on the Kiwi psyche and many aspects of our daily lives . Back at home, I live and work near the sea and have spent much of my spare time sailing on it . Leading yacht and launch charter companies can provide travellers with an exclusive floating option to explore New Zealand by water . The coastline is mag- nificent and there are hundreds of islands and safe, secluded moorings within easy reach of the main centres . im Whittaker But many folk prefer to do their cruis- T ing on land, and the motor–home is a Young Maori people discover their culture through kapa haka, a Maori war dance

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In the geo-thermal region of Rotorua in the North Island, tourists will receive a traditional Maori powhiri (welcome), visit a marae (meeting houses), enjoy Maori kai (food) cooked underground on hangi (hot stones), listen to kapa haka (traditional per- formances of song and dance), and relax in the popular thermal pools . When planning a visit to New Zealand, allow enough time to do justice both to yourself and the destination . Canadians often tell me they wish they'd spent more time there . With the chance to walk for hours and not see another person, fly in to a remote fishing spot hours from civiliza- tion, soak in a spa under the stars, enter- tain in a private lodge with your personal chef, dine on your own freshly caught seafood and escape into anonymity, it's easy to see why . eenen R You can visit the Tourism New Zealand an v website: www .newzealand .com, which ert b il covers all aspects of planning a trip to G Rippon Vineyard in Wanaka, Otago: The continental climate of this region produces wines with a subtly New Zealand . different character. Do come and visit – I know you’ll enjoy yourselves! tourist favourite . styles heavily influenced by the Polyne- New Zealanders are famous for their sian and Maori beat . Ka kite (good-bye) ingenuity and creativity in many realms Our indigenous culture is a precious of endeavour, from science to art to music aspect of New Zealand life, with Maori Kate Lackey is the New Zealand High and literature . With a diverse range of comprising 15 per cent of the population . Commissioner to Canada cultures and landscapes, and a rich Maori cultural heritage, we draw our inspiration from a wide spectrum . The result is world- class creative talent on show in events like the annual Montana World of Wearable Arts Awards in Wellington . Many galleries around the country hold exhibitions that feature the works of nationally acclaimed artists, sculptors and jewellers, as well as new talent . His- torical artworks are predominantly held in the collections of the larger museums and public libraries in the cities . There are more than 460 museums, many doubling as art galleries, ranging from specialist regional collections to the impressive na- Offering Free tional museum Te Papa in the capital city Courier Service - of Wellington . Like food, dance and fashion, New Always ensuring the best service for For your personal Zealand music is a unique and vibrant the diplomatic community, Accu-Rate consultation please call: expression of the land’s culture . Its musical Corporation offers free courier service Marie Boivin influence has come from a variety of cul- for embassy currency exchanges and Managing Director tures . The sounds of the indigenous Maori payroll conversion. 613-596-5505 ext. 101 can be heard in many of the country's mu-  [email protected] sic genres . Local artists have mixed many styles from overseas with local influences to create music that is uniquely New Zealand . Accu-Rate Corporation World Exchange Plaza New Zealand music can also be recog- Accu-Rate Corporation nized by its region . Wellington has always 2573 Carling Ave. 111 Albert St. been known for its jazzy scene while Foreign Exchange & International Payment Services www.accu-rate.ca (613) 596-5505 (613) 238-8454 Auckland incorporates more international

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LOWE ROCHE 260 Queen Street West, suite 301, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1Z8 416 927 9794 Client: Audi File Name: ACPO-1019_A8_Diplomat.indd Page: 1 Production Artist(s): WD Business Manager: Andrew Carty Creative Team: Paul/Michelle Production Contact: Terri Vegso, Ext. 256 Publication(s)/Description: A8 Diplomat & International Canada (mag) First Ins. Date: May Issue Ad #: ACPO-1019-A Final Trim/Ad Size: 8.25"W x 10.875"H Bleed: 8.75" x 11.25" Live/Safety: 7.25" x 10.125" Visible Opening: N/A File Scale: N/A Other Info: N/A Colours: Cyan Magenta Yellow Black