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Wrench, Sir Evelyn, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 9 Nov 1937, 78-94     The speaker's experiences and familiarity with Canada. A united Canada and a united Commonwealth. Canada's unique role to play in the world. Canada's partnership with the British Commonwealth, and in

Ratcliffe, S.K., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 13 Jan 1938, 170-181     Some introductory comments about the general world outlook. 1937 as a year of multiple troubles and anxieties. 1938 to tell us the direction in which the world is travelling: how the decision in Spai

Pattullo, Honourable T.D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 5 Apr 1938, 337-356     Some personal reminiscences. Reference to the discoveries and inventions made by science as they relate to the position of affairs we find ourselves in today. Changes and their implications. Progress

D'Egville, Sir Howard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 24 Mar 1938, 321-336     The composition of the population of the United Kingdom with a short, humourous description of each. The relation of democracy as we find it today to world affairs. A glance at the big problems that

Eves, The Honourable Ernie, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1997), 10 May 1996, 1-10     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Reference to the length of the Budget Speech and how only part of it was covered by television. The message sent to Onta

Grandy, Robert; Olsson, Philip, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1997), 17 Oct 1996, 150-162     Robert Grandy The most important capital markets development of the 1990s as the trend for Canadian issuers to raise more and more of their financing outside Canada, particularly in the United States

Fraser, Andrew, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1997), 24 Oct 1996, 163-170     The strength of the historical, institutional and commercial ties between Canada and the United Kingdom (U.K.) providing a foundation for the high levels of industrial investment in both directions.

The Honourable Douglas Young, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1997), 2 Dec 1996, 259-267     Identifying the developments that are likely to shape the challenges for global security in the initial years of the next century. Evidence of geopolitical manoeuvering with the United States, Russia

Beck, Thomas H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 22 Jan 1948, 195-208     Observations and impressions from the speaker's recent round-the-world flight by Pan-American Airways. Discouragement from what was seen in Britain because of the enormous difficulties under which th

MacMillan, The Right Honourable Lord, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1934), 11 Sep 1933, 196-205     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club. The commerce of ideas. The need for an ethical revival. Re-establishing intercommunication among the nations of the earth. Some tho

McRuer, The Hon. James C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 18 Apr 1968, 412-425     A discussion of the philosophy underlying the recent Report of the Royal Commission, touching on fundamental questions affecting the rights and obligations of every individual in Ontario. The fundame

Runney, Commander James Joseph (Gene), The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 4 Mar 1948, 277-284     Some history of athletics and civilization. The importance of athletics. Origins of boxing. Acknowledging the contributions of the Greeks to making the athlete immortal in stone and bronze. The moder

Heeney, Arnold Danforth Patrick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 30 Jan 1958, 173-181     Now more than 100 years since patronage was abandoned as the basis of appointment and preferment in the Civil Service of Great Britain. More than 50 years later Canada riveted home the same principle

Bessborough, His Excellency, The Right Honourable Earl of, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 24 Nov 1931, 287-296     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club in Honour of His Excellency, The Right Honourable Earl of Bessborough: The experience of the speaker and his family in Canada. Gaini

Wilson, Kenneth R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1942), 12 Mar 1942, 310-325     The issue of price control. First reactions to the new policy. Success of the programme. The essential reasons for the programme. The pseudo-controls instituted hours after the outbreak of war in Sep

Desai, M.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 8 Dec 1966, 125-133     The role of India in the Commonwealth. One of the characteristics of India, and of other countries in the Commonwealth. The origin and history of the word and concept of "Empire." A review of the bir

Rodionov, Alexei Alexeievich, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1988), 24 Mar 1988, 308-318     The process of "perestroika" currently underway in the Soviet Union. What perestroika is; its many meanings. Perestroika as a revolution: a "decisive acceleration of the socioeconomic and cultural de

Heath, The Rt. Hon. Edward, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 17 May 1967, 1-17     Some remarks about the office and history of the office of the Lord Privy Seal. The Conservative Party of Britain today: some recent history and recent progress in terms of party policy. Indications

Jenkins, The Right Hon. Roy, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1969), 4 Oct 1968, 1-14     The economic challenge to the Western world. The responsibility and the duty of leadership for preserving world economic order falling on the small group of wealthy economic countries of the West, in

Church, Senator Frank, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1969), 6 Feb 1969, 170-184     The speaker's declaration of himself as an out-spoken critic of American foreign policy. The subject of Revolution and World Order. The two dominant nations in the world, the United States and the So