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Bulloch, John F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1982), 21 Jan 1982, 211-225     The speaker's opinion of the recent federal budget: it is "misguided, incompetent, arbitrary, insular, dogmatic, hasty and tyrannical." How and why the budget is all of those things. An address about

Rae, Bob, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1982), 28 Jan 1982, 226-236     Ontario under the Tories. An critical examination by the speaker. The current state of Ontario's economy. Deindustrialization. The cost of chronic unemployment: economic and human. A review of why On

Amiel, Barbara, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1982), 4 Feb 1982, 237-257     "Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians." This is an image repeated throughout the address, to emphasize the Free World vs. the not-Free W

Berton, Pierre, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1982), 11 Feb 1982, 258-272     The term "heritage" as a popular word, and as a confusing word. An explication of what "heritage" means to the Heritage Canada Foundation, and what Heritage Day is all about. The idea of preserving o

Wells, The Honourable Thomas L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1982), 18 Feb 1982, 273-287     The imminent British Parliament bill that will become the constitution of Canada. Canadians' misunderstanding of what the constitution will mean. Clearing up some misconceptions. The beginning of a n

McKeough, W. Darcy, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1982), 4 Mar 1982, 301-314     The way the affairs of Canadians are handled or mishandled within an antiquated government structure, and how that structure might be altered by the re-allocation of responsibilities. Problems in res

Mansbridge, Peter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1989), 30 Jun 1988, 37-43     The role of the media in today's world: the things we do and why we do them. First, some remarks about the speaker's recent decision to remain a broadcaster in Canada, and the controversy that caused

Grosz, Karoly, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1989), 29 Jul 1988, 44-48     Greetings from Hungary. A description of Hungary. Hungary as part of a major change in the world. New opportunities and chances for co-operation. The move from military to co-operative force. What Hu

Drew, Hon. George A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 10 Jan 1952, 158-169     A good time to come to some clear understanding with ourselves about our hopes for the future of Canada, the great Commonwealth which expresses its loyalty to one king, and those wider international

Thomas, Sir Miles, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 14 Feb 1957, 228-242     Some introductory remarks about the speaker's company, Toronto, Canada, and specifically Canada's great industrial expansion. Human progress. Advancing on the material front; exposing our moral and s

Prain, Sir Ronald L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 23 Apr 1964, 351-361     Africa and Rhodesia. Canada and Rhodesia as the two greatest copper producing countries in the Commonwealth. Characteristics of the two widely different backgrounds against which this copper is produ

Drury, The Honourable C.M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 30 Jan 1964, 195-203     Canada's traditional economic base of agriculture and natural resources. The steady growth of Canada's manufacturing industry. Canada's evolution of a political-economic system wherein the public and

Stevens, Honourable H.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 8 Oct 1931, 199-211     An assembly of fats upon which intelligent men may profitably ponder, and form conclusions which might be helpful in these times of financial stress and strain. Reference to the McMillan Commission,

Nelson, John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 22 Nov 1928, 256-269     *Preoccupation of late in Canada with regard to her status; the inability of leaders to agree upon a definition of it. Recalling some services rendered us by other races, services too often forgotten

H.R.H. Prince Bertil of Sweden, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 23 Nov 1966, 87-94     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The annual opening of the more than 500-year-old Swedish parliament in the Hall of the Realm in Stockholm's Royal Palace

d'Aquino, Thomas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 13 Jan 1983, 169-182     Canada and the economy. The role and responsibilities of business in Canada's national life, and what business leaders of Canada are doing to help us recover from the deep wounds of recession. The re

Jellicoe, Earl, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 3 Sep 1931, 176-180     A brief luncheon address about the British Empire and Canada's participation in it. Conditions in Great Britain.

Tanner, N.E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1959), 11 Dec 1958, 142-154     Transportation facilities as probably the most vital element in moulding an economically sound foundation in the development of every country. How this is particularly true of Canada with its great e

Stewart, George L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 15 Jan 1953, 158-168     A few aspects of the Canadian oil development. The oil industry in Canada and how it has become somewhat of a "glamour" industry since the war. Canada now, for the first time, facing the prospect of

Doolittle, General James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 11 Nov 1955, 90-100     The realization of the threat of new and extremely powerful weapon systems to the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Meeting the challenge of defence, guided by two basic principles: that