Canada’s Department of External Affairs, Volume 3

Hilliker, John; Halloran, M. Elizabeth; Donaghy, Greg

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“…34 The earliest bilateral discussions took place during a Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD) meeting in October 1966. 35 Meanwhile, Secretary of State for External Affairs Paul Martin and Minister of Defence Paul Hellyer advised Pearson that Canada should renew the agreement, arguing that it still performed necessary functions. On the other hand, the evolving international strategic environment, including the diminishing manned bomber threat and the emergence of intercontinental ballistic missiles as the nuclear delivery method of choice, as well as American ABM plans and the likelihood that Washington would prefer to have the system operated within NORAD, led Pearson and some others in cabinet to question the long-term relevance of the treaty, particularly for Canada.…”

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Anti-Ballistic Missiles and the Liberal–Conservative Internationalist Divide in Cold War Canada, 1966–1970

Eaton¹

2017

The International History Review

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Shortly following Canada's controversial adoption of nuclear weapon roles in NORAD and NATO in 1963 the focus of nuclear debates shifted to the potential impact on Canadian and international security of the construction of US anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems. This article expands the focus of scholarship on the ABM issue from the political and policymaking settings to include members of the attentive elite and the news media, and finds these groups deeply divided between liberal and conservative internationalists. On the one hand, supporters of liberal internationalism believed that AMB systems would destabilize the international security environment and ultimately increase the likelihood of nuclear war. Conservative internationalists took the opposite position, arguing that the systems represented a necessary addition to the Western nuclear deterrent and would make nuclear war less likely. In other words, the ABM debate exposed deep divisions in Canadian society between those who preferred diplomatic and multilateral versus military means of achieving middle power goals in the international system.

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“…41 McNamara also told Hellyer that the renewal of NORAD and ABM should be negotiated separately. 42 In June, Hellyer told the House of Commons that re-signing the NORAD agreement "would not automatically commit Canada to participate in the A.B.M. program."…”

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Anti-Ballistic Missiles and the Liberal–Conservative Internationalist Divide in Cold War Canada, 1966–1970

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2017

The International History Review

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“…Amid the existential clash over the future of globalization, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) recently launched the third volume in its series of official histories, Canada's Department of External Affairs: Innovation and Adaptation, 1968-84 (Hilliker et al 2017). During the "long 1970s," the department's administrative and decision-making machinery encountered the pressures of globalization for the first time, and required frequent adjusting.…”

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Canada and the challenges of globalization: a glass half empty, or half full?

Donaghy

Roussel

2018

Canadian Foreign Policy Journal

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This special issue on Canada and the challenges of globalization since 1968 arises from a conference held in Ottawa to mark the publication in 2017 of the third volume in the official history of Canada's department of external affairs: innovation and adaptation, 1968-84 (U of Toronto Press). Technological change, trade liberalisation, and a steadily expanding international agenda after 1968 heralded the arrival of globalization and placed External Affairs under great stress during the 1970s as it struggled to adapt. This collection explores Canada's experiences with some of the key political, economic, security, and social themes associated with globalization after 1968. Rooted in a long and deep fifty-year perspective, these articles suggest that the changes wrought by globalization will not be easily undone despite today's raging torrents of nationalist populism and economic protectionism. The challenges that confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government are hardly new, and will demand the same kind of frustrating and endless processes of innovation and adaptation that have characterized policymaking over the last fifty years.

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Canada, the United Nations and World Order

Boulden

2021

The Palgrave Handbook of Canada in International Affairs

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Canada’s Department of External Affairs, Volume 3

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Anti-Ballistic Missiles and the Liberal–Conservative Internationalist Divide in Cold War Canada, 1966–1970

Anti-Ballistic Missiles and the Liberal–Conservative Internationalist Divide in Cold War Canada, 1966–1970

Canada and the challenges of globalization: a glass half empty, or half full?

Canada, the United Nations and World Order

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