Edited by P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Foreword by Paul C. Martin

About the Book

This book offers a personal account of the Honourable Justice Mark MacGuigan's experiences with Canadian foreign policy under Pierre Elliott Trudeau. In a tumultuous period of renewed East-West tensions, challenging Canadian-American relations, and regional conflict, MacGuigan chronicles the events in which he participated, describing his motivations and his reactions as Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs from 1980 to1982. In this perceptive mélange of autobiography and foreign policy, MacGuigan surveys a wide range of bilateral and multilateral issues, weaves together an intriguing cast of national and international characters, and offers important insights into the making of foreign policy from a ministerial perspective.

Hon. Justice Mark MacGuigan (1931-1998) was a professor of law at the University of Toronto, Osgoode Law School, and dean of the faculty of law at the University of Windsor prior to his career in federal politics. During the last Trudeau government in the 1980s, he served as Secretary of State for External Affairs, Minister of Justice, and Attorney General of Canada.

About the Editor

P. Whitney Lackenbauer is a research associate with the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary.

Contents

Foreword by Paul Martin ix
Background by John English and Allen Linden xiii
Biographical Note by Patricia D. MacGuigan xv
Editor’s Note by P. Whitney Lackenbauer xvii
Preface by Mark MacGuigan xxv

Part One: Introduction
1 The Beginning 3
2 Trudeau 13
3 The Department of External Affairs 21

Part Two: General Themes
4 The Olympic Boycott 35
5 The East-West Divide 41
6 Arms Control and Disarmament 63
7 A North-South Perspective 75

Part Three: Particular Themes
8 Constitutional Question … and Resolution 89
9 Managing the American Relationship 105
10 The Caribbean, Central America, and Latin America 125
11 Southern Africa 139
12 The Pacific Rim 145
13 The Middle East 153

Part Four: Conclusion
14 Retrospect and Prospect 167

Acronyms 173
Sources 175
Notes 177
Index 193

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