The Functional Principle in Canada's External Relations
1980; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 35; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/002070208003500206
ISSN2052-465X
Autores Tópico(s)Canadian Policy and Governance
Resumo1949 Canada against the will of some of its allies insisted on incorporating a clause on co-operation in non-military fields in the North Atlantic Treaty (article 2). Commenting recently on evolving Canadian policy toward the law of the sea, John Holmes detected a 'new age of functionalism/2 In the history of Canada's external relations, commitment to the functional principle appears intermittent. Its rejuvenation is always followed by a period of quiescence. The functional principle is not indigenous to Canada. Its origins lie in the recesses of nineteenth-century public international organizations. Its development in Canada has certainly been distinctive, however. The principle took root in a 1921 policy initiative by Arthur Meighen, although after this initial and brief
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