This page is intended to provide members and others with an interest in Canada's place in the world with convenient access to relevant and timely material.

• The legislation to split DFAIT and to establish the Department of International Trade was tabled in the House of Commons on December 7, 2004 by Ministers Pettigrew and Peterson in two separate bills. Two separate press releases are available at www.fac-aec.gc.ca (Media Room).
    
• Article by Allan Gotlieb, "The Right Stuff", published by the National Post, December 27, 2004.  www.nationalpost.com
   
• Letter from the President of RHOMA's Directing Group, Marc Faguy, to the National Post of January 4, 2005. www.nationalpost.com
   
• Several documents relating to the new departments, are available on the Panorama website.  See Building a 21st Century Foreign Ministry, January 20, 2005, and Progress Report on the Department of International Trade - Elaboration of Organizational Proposals, January 21, 2005.  www.panorama.com
   
• Several articles on Canadian Foreign Policy and Canada's place in the world published in the February 2005 edition of Policy Options, the monthly publication of the Institute for Research on Public Policy are available on line at www.irpp.org
   
• Article by Douglas Small, Past President of RHOMA, published in the Ottawa Citizen on February 15, 2005 is available at www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/opinion
   
• Article by David Malone, Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Issues, Foreign Affairs Canada, "From Middle to Model Power: Recharging Canada's Role in the World" appears in the March 2005 issue of the Literary Review of Canada is available on-line at www.canada25.com
   
• Message from the Deputy Ministers on February 16, 2005 responding to the defeat in the House of Commons of the bills to split DFAIT and create two separate departments is available on the Panorama website. www.panorama.com