The Best Ships Are Friendships: Irish Ambassador Eamonn McKee on Diplomacy and the Utilities of History

 Eamonn McKee is Ireland’s Ambassador to Canada, Jamaica, The Bahamas and just recently Antigua and Barbuda. (Ireland has a consulate-general in Vancouver and honorary consulates in Calgary, Edmonton, and St. John’s.) He joined Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs in 1986, a year prior to graduating from the National University of

Brexit: The History and the Future

 Ex-Prime Minister David Cameron once said that if the UK voted to leave the European Union, it would create an ‘economic bomb’, causing seismic waves from here in Ottawa to Sydney. Recent figures seem to back that claim, as since over 17.4 million people voted to leave the EU in

A Frightfully British Brexit Report

 The quizzing eyes and puzzled face ebb with the motions of the stark realization: “Oh, you’re British! What do you think about Brexit, then?” This was somewhat of a daily occurrence when I first arrived in Ottawa and to be honest, I became quite punch-drunk from the onslaught. The perplexed

Riding the Rails on the Bragg/Henry Line

 All photos by Andre Gagne. It’s 1825 and an inventor named John Steven’s is placing down the planks of history around his summer home in Hoboken, New Jersey. Earlier that year he had built the first American steam locomotive and now it was time to test it. He would earn

BREXIT – The Economics

 "Britain's exit from the European Union is of less significance than the economists have contemplated" at least to the UK. The economic pundits, always in sync with the status quo have hopped on a new bandwagon!  They shout "The evil English have separated from the EU and they will be