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Adams, The Rt. Hon. J.M.G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 23 Nov 1978, 92-105     Historical links between Barbados and Canada. The shift in the balance of importance between islands and mainland over the centuries. Trade relations between Barbados and Canada. The Canadian Nationa

Lyon, the Honourable Sterling R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 30 Nov 1978, 106-115     A critical review of some federal government policies: excessive deficits, regulative interferences such as the Foreign Investment Review Agency, taxation on resource industries that ignore the risks

Desbarats, Peter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 7 Dec 1978, 116-131     Mr. Desbarats' comments and thoughts about Canada, and the Quebec referendum. Subjects addressed include: Pessimism about Canada and its causes; a view of our standard of living by the average citize

Eltis, Walter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 11 Jan 1979, 155-178     The structural problems of the economies in Britain and Canada. Some basic comments on how economy works. The element of surplus and the government-financed non-market sector. Government spending on

Ford, Sir John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 15 Feb 1979, 230-238     Personal ideas about Britain and Canada in the post-imperial era, dating from 1945. The differences in the Commonwealth before then, and after. Main differences include the emergence of the Soviet Un

Casaroli, His Eminence Agostino Cardinal, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1985), 14 Sep 1984, 44-60     A discussion of some of the problems and challenges facing the modern world, ones that "affect more closely the well-being, the progress, and the very existence of humanity; the ones which at the sam

Kaufman, Dr. Henry, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1985), 18 Oct 1984, 79-92     Developments of the financial and economic kind in the United States. Predictions about the immediate economic future. A discussion and analysis of those predictions, with background, statistics, and

Goodman, Edwin A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1985), 1 Nov 1984, 103-114     1984 the fortieth anniversary of D-Day. Objectives of the Second World War for Canada: to win the war and to preserve the democratic institutions in the world. The state of the second objective. Capi

Weatherstone, Dennis, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1985), 15 Nov 1984, 141-156     After the election, no new policymakers in Washington, yet international financial markets will change dramatically, not because of the election itself, but because of market forces and government po

Greenberg, Maurice R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1985), 29 Nov 1984, 170-184     Current problems in the North American economy, growing out of the inflation of the 1960s, carried to excess during the 1970s. Problems include excessive debt, high real interest rates and instabilit

Suzuki, David, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1985), 6 Dec 1984, 185-203     Questions posed as if from an anthropologist from China or Russian coming to Canada: What is this country called Canada? How do the people in this country see themselves? What do they perceive as the

Schlesinger, Joe, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1985), 10 Jan 1985, 209-226     How Canadians look at Americans. Some differences between Canadians and Americans. Changes over the last five years in the United States. The differences between Canadians and Americans in the 1960s

Stephenson, The Hon. Bette, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1985), 17 Jan 1985, 227-240     On matters that have to do with trust, public life, leadership, and the rights and responsibilities we all share as citizens of Canada. A deterioration in trust in the past two decades. The Washingto

Stewart, William J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 31 Oct 1946, 57-69     The subject of "What are my individual rights?" Rights and duties of citizenship. Natural rights, down through the years, becoming known as civil rights. A just state one in which all individuals fre

Woodside, Wilson, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 8 Mar 1962, 208-212     Why so much gloom over the United Nations? Various problems or crises recently faced by the UN. The speaker's belief that the UN came out of all of these crises stronger than it went in. The UN going

Wood, General Robert E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 13 Mar 1952, 283-290     Some personal reminiscences. The speaker's many ties with the Dominion. The friendliness which has developed on both sides of the line during the last 20 years. Possibilities of union to be decided b

Stewart, Herbert L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1941), 13 Mar 1941, 402-418     First, paying honour to one of Toronto's sons, Flight-Lieutenant Lawrence Wilkins Skey, the first Toronto pilot to win the Distinguished Flying Cross, and some words from him. The time, as Mr. Church

Camsell, Dr. Charles, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1940), 4 Apr 1940, 412-425     The need for the mobilization of all our resources in the present struggle. The importance of minerals to the modern industrial civilization. Various policies adopted by countries to deal with the ne

MacLeod, Norman M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 21 Apr 1938, 357-375     The Handwriting on Parliament's Wall as the topic of address, with the obvious inference that all is not well with Parliament. The speaker's contention that the democratic National legislature of thi

Goodeve, Sir Charles F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 4 Apr 1957, 308-319     The war and the things it brought forth that continue to affect our lives today. Radar; background and history. The introduction of science into war operations. Operation Research and how it has grow