Canada's Relations with Africa

Abstract

Since 1970, when I last wrote in the pages of this journal about our relations with Africa, Canada has broadened the scope of its ties both geographically and functionally, increased the magnitude of its aid programmes, and become more deeply involved in African affairs, most notably in the continental problems of colonial rule, racial discrimination, and extreme poverty. In the past five years, for instance, Ottawa has opened diplomatic posts in Abidjan (1970), Algiers (1971), Lusaka (1972), and Rabat (1974), which together with the ten already in place provide Canada with an extensive network of communications in Africa.