Commissions High: Canada in London, 1870-1971 - Hardcover

by Roy MacLaren (Author)

This is an account of the work of the Canadian High Commission from 1870 until Britain's entry into the European Common Market 100 years later. MacLaren argues that, until the defeat of Diefenbaker in 1963, there was tension between the forces of imperial (later commonwealth) solidarity and those of localised nationalism.

Author Biography

Roy MacLaren was high commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland from 1996 to 2000. He spent twelve years in the Canadian Foreign Service and served as parliamentary secretary for Energy, Mines, and Resources and minister of Natio