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Harper, Stephen, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2005), 17 Jan 2004, 218-228     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Some personal history. Great changes happening in federal politics. Some of the speaker's achievements. The release of a

Hearn, Timothy J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2005), 19 Feb 2004, 229-242     The global energy scene and Canada's important role in it. Progress we have made. Wehre we stand today. Expectations or hopes for the future. A two-fold message. The increased use of energy in all it

Stronach, Belinda, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2005), 24 Feb 2004, 243-253     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The month since the speaker announced her bid to become the first leader of the new Conservative party. The speaker's vi

Tadros, Wendy A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2005), 26 Feb 2004, 254-264     Some history about the Royal York Hotel and the Canadian Pacific Railway. The public and private sectors focused on a transportation system that ensures national prosperity in the new millennium. Key

Greenberg, Ian, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2005), 4 Mar 2004, 265-276     The "value promise" that media companies make to their consumers, to their advertising clients, and to their shareholders. Astral Media's financial performance and how it drives the value of its stoc

MacNaughton, John A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2005), 11 Mar 2004, 277-290     Crown corporations. Earning and retaining public confidence. Governance models. Ethical matters. How we can be sure that the CPP Investment Board is operating at arm's length from government. A story

Smitherman, The Hon. George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2005), 8 Apr 2004, 291-306     A deep and unshakeable consensus in Ontario in favour of our system of public health care. The speaker's last five months as Ministe of Health and Long-Term Care in Ontario. Life expectancy in Ontari

MacKenzie, Major General (Ret'd) Lewis, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2005), 14 Apr 2004, 307-318     Some personal reminiscences. The timeliness and importance of the topic. The UN's original role. The Security Council trapped in a 1945 time warp. The veto. The council's work during the Cold War. Th

Stewart, D.M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 14 Dec 1905, 86-96     Some general comments about the banking business. A duty owed to the public to disseminate accurate information regarding this subject, as it is one upon which the commercial, agricultural and indust

Mosely, Alfred, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 20 Dec 1905, 97-106     The question of tariff reform which affects us one and all. The present conditions of the workers in Great Britain. The wish by the British to work, to extend commerce, to give education. The concept

Kirkpatrick, George B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 4 Jan 1906, 107-120     A short resume of the beginnings of a country to which, perhaps, it is not too much to say that the eyes of the Old World are turned at present: Canada. The origin of the name of "Canada." The discov

Sutherland, Hon. R.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 11 Jan 1906, 121-130     The very best course to produce a united and progressive Empire for the people of the Motherland to recognize the progress in culture and self-governing capacity that Canada has made during recent ye

McLaren, Rev. Dr. E.D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 18 Jan 1906, 131-136     The lack of worthy, progressive national life without national aspirations. Self-respect and a certain measure of self-confidence as essential elements for the success of a nation as well as of an in

Campbell, W. Wilfred, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 23 Nov 1904, 30-41     The true Imperialist as good a Canadian as any. The speaker's protest and retort against the local Independence man calling himself the only true Canadian. The speaker's claim that Imperialism is the

George, W.K., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 1 Dec 1904, 42-51     The importance of manufacturing industries to Canada. How largely our manufacturing industries bulk in the commerce of our country: some statistics. Almost every industry in Canada today here on acco

Sifton, Hon. Clifford, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1912), 20 Oct 1910, 57-63     The work of the Commission on Conservation with regard to the conservation of our natural resources. Living in an age of exploitation, of development. The aim of everyone to make the natural resource

Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1912), 26 Oct 1910, 64-69     A joint luncheon of the British Empire League, The Canadian Defence League, and the Empire Club of Canada. The speaker's brief that the corporate existence of the Empire is the British navy, and as C

Stephens, Major George W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1912), 3 Nov 1910, 70-79     Canada's present rate of increase which will, during the 20th century, contribute to the Empire a population exceeding that now occupying the British Isles, and produce from one quarter of her availa

Bruce-Lockhart, Dr. Patrick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1963), 22 Nov 1962, 82-90     Things to note: the concept of Medicare which began in Germany under Bismark in 1888; the uniqueness to North America of voluntary prepaid medical insurance, begun some 25 years ago; the three groups

McClellan, Deputy Commissioner George B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1963), 29 Nov 1962, 91-99     Looking at law enforcement on a cost basis, and why it should be looked at that way. Comparing law enforcement to fire insurance: it has two phases, preventive and remedial. Preventing crime; detecti