19th June 2015 Ottawa, Canada
Canada and Magna Carta
This is an edited transcript of an interview I did with Bianca Gendreau from the Canadian Museum of History on the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta…
17th November 2014 Ottawa, Canada
We will remember them…
In a quiet corner of Ottawa by the junction of Sussex Avenue and Stanley Drive, there stands a fine memorial to the Canadian Officers loaned to Great Britain during the Second World War…
25th June 2014 Ottawa, Canada
Fighting a ‘quiet crisis’
Dementia is a top priority for the UK and Canada. Today, more than 40 million people worldwide are living with dementia and, with ageing populations this number is set to double every 20 years. The economic costs of this are astonishing, with US$604 B spent in 2010 alone (of which approximately 70 per cent was […]
12th June 2014 Ottawa, Canada
Ottawa does its bit to mark this week’s Global Summit!
If you’re in Ottawa and don’t know what this means, you clearly weren’t downtown last night. That’s when we lit up the façade of the High Commission on Elgin in red to show our solidarity with the work of over 1,000 people in London at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict…
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27th May 2014 Ottawa, Canada
Celebrating world trade
Rather embarrassingly for someone in my line of work, I was completely unaware it was World Trade Month until my colleague Thomas Whitehead in Washington blogged about the subject…
28th February 2014 Ottawa, Canada
Watch out Halifax: The Brits are Coming
Next week is a big week for the UK in Canada as we’re launching a “Pop-up” Consulate in Halifax. “What is a Pop-Up Consulate?” you may well ask…
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27th February 2014 Ottawa, Canada
Heading to Halifax
Next week we are heading east. The High Commission is opening up a ‘pop-up’ office for a week in Halifax and we’ll be out in full force promoting all things British through political, consular, cultural, trade, and defence themed events…
29th January 2014 Ottawa, Canada
Reshore Britain: bringing manufacturing home
As a Brit abroad, one of the most frustrating urban myths I hear about the British economy is “Britain doesn’t really make stuff anymore does it?” Isn’t your economy based on the services industry, high tech, financial services etc?
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17th December 2013 Ottawa, Canada
The anatomy of an export action plan
A few weeks ago I attended Trade Minister Ed Fast’s announcement of the Canadian government’s Global Markets Action Plan. Reading through the document, I was struck by the parallels to the UK’s approach to increasing exports…
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28th November 2013 Ottawa, Canada
Canada-UK: A healthy relationship
I was at the beautiful Cumberland Lodge near Windsor, UK, last week for the 2013 Canada-UK Colloquium. The Colloquium is an annual event, taking place alternately in each country, bringing together British and Canadian parliamentarians, public officials, academics…