Acknowledgments
I would like to express my gratitude to the Canada Council, which provided me with a doctoral fellowship, the financial support of which was indispensable during the early period of this research. The late Professor John P. Humphrey who was Dean of the Faculty of Law of McGill University as well as being the drafter and first Director of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights gave me his strong recommendation to the Council. He also consistently encouraged me to carry out my scholarly research. I am infinitely grateful to this great Canadian for his generosity and mentorship. In addition, the Department of Administration and Policy Studies and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research of McGill University enabled me to conduct a scholarly enquiry leading to the writing of this book, for which I am most appreciative.
Scores of Canadian Jesuits and other expatriates deserve heartfelt thanks for patiently filling out my survey questionnaires. To my deepest regret, due to the pressure of time, I have not been courteous enough to write letters of thanks to all of them. However, I know that, as their answers indicate, they all loved my country. My special gratitude to those whom I have widely quoted throughout the book and who have