Résultats

 Chaudhuri, General J.N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 12 Oct 1967, 93-106     India—its history and civilization. Her cultural and philosophical values. Politics. British rule and its effects. India since independence in 1947: economy, population, health, food production, politics, external relations, and other indicators of her society. India's faith in the Commonwealth. Optimism for India's success in the future.

 Jennings, Peter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 16 Feb 1967, 221-234     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The U.S. soldier and what he faces in Vietnam where he becomes "a most unsophisticated fighting machine" because of a complete unfamiliarity with, and lack of training for, guerrilla warfare. The speaker's last trip to …

 Nixon, Robert F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 20 Apr 1967, 352-366     1967 marking 175 years since the beginnings of democracy, British justice and a parliamentary procedure in Ontario. Some history of that beginning era, and of John Graves Simcoe as a political visionary. The development of democracy. The independent voice of William Lyon Mackenzie. Sir John A. Macdonald's leadership and the …

 Drapeau, Mayor Jean, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 19 Jan 1967, 161-171     Cities on the move. The shift in population since 1941, from rural to urban districts. Some figures. The growing importance in the political, economic and social structure, of cities. All aspects of the city becoming a national problem. The role of cities throughout history, and the influence they exert. Some …

 Lawson, Harold R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 9 Mar 1967, 253-276     A discussion of "the relationship that exists between Canada and the United States, and the possibility of further strengthening the ties that bind our two great nations together." A review with extensive quotes from a book authored in part and edited by the Honourable Livingston T. Merchant entitled "Neighbours Taken …

 Burt, George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 23 Feb 1967, 235-243     The Canada-U.S. Automotive Products Agreement: some history of the agreement and the position of the membership of the union. Results of a Royal Commission chaired by Prof. Vincent Bladen of the University of Toronto which investigated the feasibility of integrating the Canadian and U.S. automobile industry in order to be …

 Nixon, The Hon. Richard M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 24 May 1967, 18-32     The great influence and interest, of both Canada and the United States, in Asia today and why this is so. A discussion of Asia in terms of the promises of the future. To begin, remarks about Vietnam and the commitment of the United States in that country. The American objective …

 Winter, The Hon. Robert H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 5 Jan 1967, 137-147     A project which qualified as a Centennial observance: a stepped-up export promotional programme by the Department of Trade and Commerce. The direct link between an expanding export performance and sound, sustained economic growth and prosperity for Canada. A challenge to the export community, made at the Canadian Export Association October …

 Coggan, His Grace The Archbishop of York, The Most Rev. Dr. Donald, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 1 Jun 1967, 33-40     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada, The Canadian Club of Toronto, and the Canadian Bible Society. Why a subject connected with the Bible is so immediately relevant to the 20th-century world. Answers to questions of life found in the Bible. Claims of truth. The importance of the …

 Strong, Maurice F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 26 Jan 1967, 172-186     The widening of the gap between the rich nations and the poor nations over the last decade. Consequences, as seen throughout history, of failing to heed the cries of hungry people on the march. Assistance to the needy and under-privileged beginning with the Christian missionary movement, but large-scale government-to-government aid …

 Erickson, Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 23 Nov 1967, 182-192     Inhabiting a place about which we show the most fantastic ignorance. Ways of thinking that have made it impossible for us to realize just what the city is. The tendency to particularize, to specialize. The North American city gradually being destroyed, dismembered by righteous, logical but totally insensitive attitudes. Planners, …

 Fraser, Blair, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 12 Jan 1967, 148-160     What the speaker saw in China. Reports of riots in India in the Chinese press, as proof that the capitalist system is breaking down. News treatment of China in the Western press. "Big character posters." The Red Guards. Closed schools and universities as one aspect, and by far the most …

 O'Neill, Capt. The Rt. Hon. Terence/Ogilvy, The Hon. Angus, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 19 Oct 1967, 114-126     The Rt. Hon. Terence O'Neill The aim in Northern Ireland to bring about the conditions in which no one is obliged to leave his homeland because of lack of opportunity. Some historical facts about Ulstermen and Canada. Northern Ireland's unique status within the United Kingdom: some background and history. The …

 The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 18 Oct 1967, 107-113     Loyal Societies Dinner in Honor of Princess Alexandra. Remarks by Douglas M. Gowdy. The Loyal Societies Toast to Canada by Col. B.J. Legge.

 Pocock, The Most Rev. Philip F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 2 Feb 1967, 203-210     Citizenship, democracy and freedom: an explanation by the speaker of the meaning he attaches to these words. The speaker's thesis that "democracy, properly understood, as an ideal towards which we must strive, is the child of Christianity whose roots are sunk deep in the religion of Israel. Before the Advent …

 His Grace The Duke of Devonshire, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 30 Oct 1967, 127-143     The multi-racial Commonwealth. Changes in the Commonwealth over the last 20 years. The Commonwealth today. The Commonwealth's problems and the world's problems due to the astonishing growth that has taken place in the past 18 years. Fostering the ideal of a Commonwealth. The great road that the Commonwealth has to …

 Robichaud, The Hon. Louis J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 9 Feb 1967, 211-220     An appeal for a Canadianism that is confident and unashamed. A description of Canada and Canadians and the nature of Canadianism. New Brunswick as a founding partner in Confederation, and New Brunswick today. What New Brunswick must do within the Canadian Confederation today. A determination in new Brunswick today to …

 Michener, The Rt. Hon. D. Roland, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 30 Nov 1967, 193-202     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Canada's standing in the world, after Expo, and all the other "happenings" of this Centennial Year. Something of value added to the personality of individual Canadians, and to the corporate personality of Canada as a …

 Lawrence, Allan F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1967), 13 Apr 1967, 337-351     A description of Select Committees of the Legislature. How Select Committees are set up and how they operate. The Company Law Select Committee: members, establishment, organizational nature, report. How this Committee was different from the usual. A description of the Committee's activities and its findings, along with the speaker's impressions …

 Smith, Arnold, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 5 Oct 1967, 74-92     Seeing and dealing with problems in perspective. Problems in Canada with regard to multi-language and multi-culture. Moving to a united world. The Commonwealth as a Canadian invention: a brief history. What this association has done for Canada. The modern Commonwealth and its importance in the next 20 or 30 years. …