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Charest, The Honourable Jean, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 8 May 2001, 19-29     Canada's healthy economy. Causes for optimism. New challenges. The opportunities of globalisation. The need to better understand and prepare for the consequnces of a global economy. Freer trade and w

Blakey, J. Douglas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 24 Jan 2002, 340-351     Some history of Upper Canada College. Carrying on its founder's tradition. The need to adapt. The need for independent schools to be clear about their fundamental purpose and direction. Defining char

Harris, Mike, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 12 Feb 2002, 370-380     A brief review of the speaker's performance in office. Changes made to education and the speaker's pride in those changes. A detailed description of what schools are like now and what they will be li

Macapagal-Arroyo, Her Excellency, Gloria, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 30 Jan 2002, 352-259     Strong and friendly relations between Canada and the Philippines. Ways in which our interaction is even more meaningful today. Economic relations. Growing business relations. Developments in the Phil

Weston, The Hon. Hilary M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 13 Dec 2001, 240-244     Some personal reminiscences. The Lieutenant-Governor's Community Volunteer Award. What Christmas is all about.

Murphy, Rex, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 6 Dec 2001, 229-239     The message of September 11. Ways in which not everything has changed - rather everything has come back. Some words from an old master. The scale and shock of September 11 as a truth. Some idea of ho

Clement, The Hon. Tony, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 1 Nov 2001, 170-181     The Ministry of Health's response to 9/11. What more must be done. Why the speaker enjoys his job. Focussing on people when we talk about our health care system. The health care questionnaire and som

Flaherty, Hon. Jim, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 16 Jan 2002, 320-329     Why the speaker if running for Premier of Ontario. The Ontario economy and what government can do. Some personal details. Some recent Ontario history. Some achievements from Mike Harris' plan in 1995

Starowicz, Mark, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 28 Jun 2001, 89-104     The extraordinary four years which brought together 100 historians, created a joint French-English unit of the best journalists and cameramen, and embarked on an improbable journey. History as a very

Arnold, John; McHugh, Michael T., CFA; Wellum, Johnathan M., CFA, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 10 Jan 2002, 303-319     John Arnold: 2002 a modest year for equity markets. 2002 a low inflation year globally driven by low fuel prices. Productivity. Major theme for 2002 is buy European equities. The growing Federal Euro

Day, Stockwell, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 14 Jun 2001, 66-77     Some history of leadership. The Alliance party. Defining the party and its principles. Reform in government. Democratic conservatism. Some discussion of Joe Clark. National conventions. The referendu

Duncan, Gaylen A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 3 May 2001, 1-18     "Now in the early days of a new millenium. Reflection and lists, with examples. John Brockman's "The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2000 Years." DNI - "Distributed Network Intelligence" - a work sti

Snobelen, The Hon. John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 17 Jan 2002, 330-339     Two topics: change and change initiatives. The speaker's experience with both. Leadership. Ways in which governments can change. Illustrative anecdotes. Building on what has been done in the last dec

McCain, The Hon. Margaret N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 9 May 2001, 30-41     Early child development and the Early Years Study (EYS). Why the speaker accepted her current position as co-chair. Current concerns about childhood development in Canada. Questions to ask. Presentin

Flaherty, The Hon. James M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 10 May 2001, 42-50     The speaker's first budget as the Minister of Finance for the province of Ontario. Responsible choices. The importance of tackling our debt. Providing first and foremost for the most vulnerable peopl

Bruneau, Mark, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 21 Mar 2002, 434-446     The apparent tension between self-criticism and smugness from an outside perspective, a look at the issues we face, probing their root causes, and suggest ideas to "turbocharge" our innovation, produ

MacKinnon, Bill, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 18 Apr 2002, 514-526     What the speaker thinks it will take to improve the public's trust in the financial accounting system and the capital markets. The critical nature of those who practice accunting and audit public com

Rae, The Hon. Bob, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 27 Feb 2002, 381-390     The community of Toronto - how much it has changed - the challenges and possibilities, especially in relation to the Toronto Symphony. Some myths about the orchestra. Some realities. The choice to pr

Heller, George J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 25 Apr 2002, 527-539     Major changes in retail over the past decade. Why things change; the outcomes of the changes; a look forward. Some key realities Canadians lived through in the '91 to 2001 decade. The realities that

Morton, Desmond, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 17 Apr 2002, 500-512     A by-product of the events of September 11. Reasons for the shock. Our politicians -- aroused to military problems they could grasp. Some steps taken, and some complications with those steps. Modern