A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019

The online catalogue of the Jules Léger Library of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, in particular the DFATD Digital Library ( ) contains a wealth of information, including a very large number of digitized versions of press releases, communiqués, official statements and digitized versions of the publication External Affairs and Canadian Representatives Ab [...] An ex-colony cannot lose territory against its will.4 Neither the UN nor Canada has recognized the unilateral separatist drives that resulted in self- proclaimed entities such as the Republic of South Ossetia, the Republic of Abkhazia, the Transdniestrian Moldavian Republic, the Republic of Gagauzia, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Chechnya and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, but Canada did [...] As the protracted debates concerning the establishing of diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China show, one must consider the potential for trade with another country, the likelihood of emigration from that country, the status that is conveyed to the host country by establishing a mission and of course, the potential reaction in the international community if diplomatic relations a [...] The Beginnings of Canadian Diplomatic Relations Several important monographs exist which discuss the history of Canadian diplomatic relations, especially the events surrounding the opening of the first Canadian diplomatic mission in Washington, in 1927.8. [...] The autonomous status of the Dominion of Canada, however, as set forth in the Balfour Declaration, did not affect the role of the British sovereign as Canada’s head of state.