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McIvor, Donald K., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 18 Nov 1982, 105-116     The economy and the theories of Charles Darwin. The speaker's analogy that "many of the ideas that Darwin developed to explain the workings of the organic world are quite relevant to our economic and

Bata, Thomas J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 25 Nov 1982, 117-126     Speaking as a Canadian internationalist, how Canada and Canadian business might benefit from greater participation in the opportunities which this constantly more and more interdependent world presen

Eyton, J. Trevor, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 2 Dec 1982, 127-141     Exploring a few examples of government intervention in our lives where, in the speaker's view, this intervention is either excessive or simply wrong. Canadians' reliance on governments to help them a

MacInnis, J. Lyman, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 10 Feb 1983, 222-230     The unmitigated mess that is The Canadian Income Tax Act. Three facts that must be recognized in order to keep the speaker's comments in perspective: "we in Canada are subject to an income tax system

Chrétien, The Honourable Jean, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 14 Apr 1983, 310-321     Objectives with respect to Canada's energy policy: energy security; fairness; opportunity. Meeting these objectives and what will be required to do so. The factor of OPEC price increases beginning te

Newman, Peter C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 7 Oct 1982, 38-46     A split subject: these 1980s in which we find ourselves, and then speculation on the future of the Canadian Establishment. Shared experiences that form the perception of any decade. A brief historica

Stewart, Walter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 3 Mar 1983, 258-268     A response to the question "Are our banks safe?" The speaker's belief that we can no longer take it for granted that Canadian banks are safe. Reasons why. The possibility of a banking collapse; exami

Leutwiler, Dr. F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 7 Sep 1982, 17-26     Switzerland's comparatively happy state of economics. A review of Switzerland in terms of employment, recession, the labour force, foreign workers, the social climate, national finances, interest rat

Sabbat, Dr. Kazimierz, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 10 Mar 1983, 269-279     The Polish Government in Exile: what that is, and its history; the legacy of the Second World War. The Polish Government in Exile today: purpose and tasks. The history of Poland since the end of the

Yakovlev, His Excellency Dr. Alexander N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 3 Feb 1983, 206-221     A philosophical discussion of characters portrayed by John Wayne in American films as idols who are to be imitated "without thinking, without pondering over historical retrospectives or over the simp

Walker, Michael A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 17 Feb 1983, 231-246     Some of the lessons we should learn from our recent economic experience. The speaker's belief that "unless we firmly understand the force of events which has led us to the current pass, we are very u