Auf Wiedersehen, Mr. Höpfner

Published July 29, 2009

When German Ambassador Matthias Höpfner arrived in Ottawa in July 2006, he was quickly confronted with a big question of whether there could be a reviving of the much-slowed relations between Canada and the European Union, the presidency of which Germany took on in January 2007.

A failed attempt to negotiate a Canada-EU Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement had come to a full stop, and...