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Stuart, The Honourable R. Douglas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 25 Jan 1954, 171-179     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada, The Canadian Club of Toronto and The American Men's Club of Toronto. The speaker addresses the audience as a businessman, about some of the problems whic

Horne, A.N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 20 Mar 1952, 291-301     Responses to the questions: What, Why, Who, When, Where and How is a Pipe Line? A description of the Trans-Northern Pipe Line Company. Project details, ownership, methods of transportation, communica

The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 16 Dec 1954, 122-123     Christmas meeting with a musical programme by Dr. Leslie Bell and the Leslie Bell Singers.

Jodoin, Claude, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 7 Feb 1957, 214-227     A brief history of organized labour in Canada. Today's living standards. A suggestion that the pressures applied by labour have been instrumental in having us take advantage of the conditions found i

Bing, Rudolf, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 28 Mar 1957, 302-307     Opera in Maple Leaf Gardens, and its success. The visual improvements from year to year. The Business of Opera. The finances of the Metropolitan Opera Association. The lack of shame over the deficit.

Bassett, John Jr., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 16 Jun 1955, 1-13     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto and the Life Underwriters Association. A personal report of a recent trip to Europe. The speaker's opportunity to meet an

Routley, Dr. T. Clarence, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 5 Jan 1956, 149-160     Looking at some of the problems that confront people and their doctors—in the aggregate, problems of national importance to all Canadians—problems of health and happiness without which no nation can

Reid, Senator Thomas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 16 Feb 1956, 207-218     The use and history of opium. Origins of the word "narcotic." The Narcotic Drug Act of the Federal Government. A look at several drugs: marihuana, opium (morphine, heroin and cocaine). Addressing the

Jones, Stanley N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 7 Jan 1954, 133-145     Being fortunate enough in Canada to be able to take for granted our daily bread. The history of wheat and a little of the history of the development of the wheat producing industry in Canada. The pla

Lacoste, His Excellency Francis, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 19 Apr 1956, 341-359     One of the marks of a high civilization: the possibility of a people to claim two spiritual origins. Canada's privilege in this regard since our population is composed chiefly of two elements represe

McGeachy, J.B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 20 Jan 1955, 151-160     Reflections on the Canadian Parliament. Parliament in the news. The various ways the House of Commons is giving thought to improvements in its procedure. A look at Parliament in the setting of contem

Goldring, Dr. C.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 3 Mar 1955, 213-216     Education Week in Canada from March 6th to the 12th. Purpose of Education Week. Introduction of special guests. The process of imparting to citizens information about schools and their work: two chan

Fauteux, The Honourable Gaspard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 8 Apr 1954, 299-311     The speaker addresses the audience not so much as the Queen's representative in French Quebec but as a citizen of our great Kingdom of Canada and a humble member of the British Commonwealth of Nation

Green, Rev. Canon Bryan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 30 Oct 1952, 63-73     The faith of an Englishman. The need to live close to reality. One of the speaker's greatest "beefs": that the Christian Churches sometimes don't live close to reality. A response to the question "Wh

Best, Dr. Charles H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 3 Dec 1953, 108-117     Research which is going on now and which will be intensified and extended in the speaker's new Insititute (the Charles H. Best Institute on College Street, Toronto). Some personal history, and backgr

Retty, Dr. Joseph Arlington, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1950), 26 Jan 1950, 183-186     The discovery of sizeable iron ore deposits in Labrador and New Quebec as one of the most outstanding mining developments of the twentieth century. The culmination of a prospecting venture undertaken

Stewart, Andrew, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1959), 5 Mar 1959, 248-260     The structure and makeup of the Board of Broadcast Governors. The two initial meetings of the Board for public hearings, and to deal with applications which had previously been referred to the Board

Romulo, H.E. General Carlos P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 23 Oct 1952, 55-62     A joint meeting with United Nations Association in Canada (Toronto Branch). How the Philippines, together with the rest of the Far East, has become our next-door neighbour. Manila, capital city of th

Philip, Percy James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 29 Nov 1951, 110-120     "Trouble always begins with rudeness and insults." The discarding of the art of diplomacy and the necessity to return to it if we want to prevent the hysterical way we are quarreling publicly about p

Campney, Hon. Ralph, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 12 Apr 1956, 327-340     How the times have changed, defence wise. Hope for permanent peace resting more and more on the growing unity and strength of the free nations. Dependency on the success of NATO. Canada's achievement