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    November 4, 2013 CREATING JOBS AND GROWING THE ECONOMY

    November 26, 2013 Canada And First Nations: Time For A New Partnership

    October 29, 2013 Creating A Championship-Winning Culture

    October 3, 2013 David Mirvish In Conversation With Christopher Hume Legacy And The Public Realm: Dreaming With Frank Gehry

    27 Sep 2013 Christie Blatchford, Kevin Donovan And Lisa Taylor In Conversation With Edward Keenan Beyond The Headlines: Have The Media Treated Mayor Ford Fairly?

    19 Sep 2013 Brenda Halloran And Dan Mathieson In Conversation With John Jung Intelligent Communities—The Key To Driving Local Prosperity And Global Competitiveness

    13 Sep 2013 A NEW CONCEPTUAL BASE FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION

    05 Sep 2013 The Future Of Financial Services: Finding The Right Balance For Stability And Economic Growth

    02 June 2011 The growing movement of opposition to industrial wind energy in Ontario, and the challenges Ontario’s Green Energy Act faces from a financial, legal and political perspective.

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    Speaking on the day the Prime Minister’s party releases its much-anticipated election platform. Reference to previous speeches at for Empire Club. Introduction to people attending with the speaker. The speaker’s party economic and fiscal plan to protect Canadians during a time of uncertainty. A response to some disappointments with regard ...

    Canadians as a great people up for a great challenge. The Liberal platform released two weeks ago. Stephen Harper’s platform released yesterday. Canada’s economy and its significant challenges. Facing a volatile stock market. Economic performance. Stephen Harper not facing these challenges. The lack of a plan by Stephen Harper. The ...

    Pressures and challenges for the Canadian economy, the same as for the rest of the world. Working with our international partners to find ways to address those challenges collectively. Upcoming meetings. A preview of what the speaker will be telling the people he meets about Canada’s prospects and how well ...

    Challenges facing the finance minister and how they are not as daunting as those facing families who have lost a job. Ontario grappling with this reality. What the IMF says. Contributing factors to the current economic situation. The global storm that hit so hard late in 2008. The bottom line. ...

    A story from Saskatchewan. Friendly faces at the head table. Some introductions. Sources of perspective. Heady times for the province of Saskatchewan. An exciting time to be premier. Having the best job in Canada. The speaker’s desire to increase familiarity with Saskatchewan and the opportunities that exist there. Why that ...

    Introduction of panellists by Boyd Neil who continues to speak. The decline in trust in companies over the past few years. Social tools such as YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and blogging as catalysts for impugning corporate behaviour. Some examples. How these tools can be used by organizations and companies to ...

    Some particular introductions and welcoming remarks from the speaker. The speaker’s fascination with the connection between universities and cities. The neighbourhood of Ryerson. The university’s responsibility to be a city builder and proactive city builders for the economy, wealth creation, and jobs. How Ryerson can do this. Partnering with other ...

    A non-cheerful backdrop for the speaker’s talk. Encountering doom and gloom on the economic front. A backdrop that also provides valuable context for some aspects of the legislative audit work of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada. What Canadians are worrying about. The demand for accountability from their ...

    Some opening humorous remarks about the speaker’s invitation to speak. Reference of the departure of Don Newman from the CBC. The speaker continues in a humorous vein, lampooning several issues and figures of Canadian politics, interspersed with serious remarks. Some of the highlights: Detailing the day-to-day activities of Canadian politics. ...

    A panel discussion led by Larry Stout and beginning with Christine Elliott: Personal bio graphical details. The needed debate about policy, direction of the party, where it stands. One question that matters. What the speaker has and wants to fight for. The tax burden on working families. The speaker’s plan ...