Résultats

 Charest, The Honourable Jean, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 8 May 2001, 19-29     Canada's healthy economy. Causes for optimism. New challenges. The opportunities of globalisation. The need to better understand and prepare for the consequnces of a global economy. Freer trade and what that means for Canada. How Canadians feel about it. The need for governments to establish a clear plan to reduce …

 Weston, The Hon. Hilary M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 13 Dec 2001, 240-244     Some personal reminiscences. The Lieutenant-Governor's Community Volunteer Award. What Christmas is all about.

 Murphy, Rex, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 6 Dec 2001, 229-239     The message of September 11. Ways in which not everything has changed - rather everything has come back. Some words from an old master. The scale and shock of September 11 as a truth. Some idea of how these things happen. A response from our own country - continent upon …

 Clement, The Hon. Tony, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 1 Nov 2001, 170-181     The Ministry of Health's response to 9/11. What more must be done. Why the speaker enjoys his job. Focussing on people when we talk about our health care system. The health care questionnaire and some of the results. Tackling the challenges. The issue of powerlessness. The speaker's personal reactions to …

 Starowicz, Mark, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 28 Jun 2001, 89-104     The extraordinary four years which brought together 100 historians, created a joint French-English unit of the best journalists and cameramen, and embarked on an improbable journey. History as a very powerful instrument, and how that is so. Canadians' attitude to their history. History as the process of sorting out the …

 Day, Stockwell, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 14 Jun 2001, 66-77     Some history of leadership. The Alliance party. Defining the party and its principles. Reform in government. Democratic conservatism. Some discussion of Joe Clark. National conventions. The referendum of Canadian Alliance members. The challenge being put by the speaker to his own party.

 Duncan, Gaylen A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 3 May 2001, 1-18     "Now in the early days of a new millenium. Reflection and lists, with examples. John Brockman's "The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2000 Years." DNI - "Distributed Network Intelligence" - a work still in progress but what may reasonably be called the greatest invention of all our history. The huge …

 Herndorff, Peter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 22 Nov 2001, 208-217     The National Arts Centre - some history. The NAC now. The Massey-Levesque Report. The impact that Canadian artists are having on the world around them. First, some history of the Report and the Canadian cultural revolution that it spawned, with illustrative examples.

 McQueen, Rod, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 29 Nov 2001, 218-228     A review of the author's book, and Martha Billes life. Many anecdotal instances.

 MacKinnon, David, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 4 Oct 2001, 127-136     The real heroes of September 11. The need to cure the hospitals so they can cure us. First, what's right with hospitals. The exceptionally positive results from the acute care survey. The public face of the Ontario hospital system. A review of the problems. Consequences of insufficient funding. Examples of …

 Gillespie, Ian, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 21 Jun 2001, 78-88     A "from where I sit" perspective on what it takes to compete and succeed internationally. Issues germane to the recent Summit of the Americas. What we, that is business, government and academia, need to do collectively to build more competitive teams for the recently inaugurated business Olympics among countries and …

 Brown, Richard H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 11 Oct 2001, 137-147     The transformation of EDS. The importance of trust. How EDS responded to the events of September 11. Characterizing September 11. Dangers ahead. Trust as a casualty of September 11. National security. Ways in which EDS is ready. Finding a balance between security and activity. In the U.S., thinking about how …

 Simpson, Jeffrey C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 15 Nov 2001, 194-207     How Canada has become a one-party state. How "The Friendly Dictatorship is about how our system of government has evolved, and why Canadians are increasingly turned off by that sytem. Supporting evidence for that view. Finding a better balance among the objectives of democracy, transparency, accountability and representativeness. An explication …

 Kennedy, Jane, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 20 Sep 2001, 105-115     The speaker, here as the British government Security Minister in Northern Ireland, speaking just a week after the most horrendous act of barbarism was inflicted on the United States. Going beyond that. Some history of Ireland. The Belfast or Good Friday Agreement. The Equality Commission. Policing. The situation since the …

 Waldman, Jeffrey; Sterling, William; Joseph, Ian, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2001), 11 Jan 2001, 203-218     Jeffrey Waldman: The fixed income market. A recap of some fixed-income highlights from last year. Our current level of interest rates in historical perspective. Two themes that will dominate bond markets over the coming years. An outlook for this year. A potential movie sequel to watch for in the year …

 Cook, Charles E. Jr., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2001), 19 Jan 2001, 219-229     The speaker's background and experience with Canada. Where the speaker learned his politics before coming to Washington 28 years ago. This year as a fascinating year in politics in America and how that is so. Some brief remarks about what happened in the election. A look forward to the Bush …

 Closson, Tom, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2001), 25 Jan 2001, 230-240     The University Health Network. An illustrative chest-pain scenario. What is possible with the technology we have today, but is unlikely to happen. A review of today's health-care system. Consumer expectations. A definition of eHealth. Business ehealth, clinical eHealth and consumer eHealth and what is meant by each. A video clip …

 Billies, Martha, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2001), 8 Feb 2001, 241-252     Canadian Tire as a proxy for Canada. Recalling the values and principles that have made Canada a great nation and Canadian Tire a great company, and why we should do so. Some personal background of the speaker, and some reasons for her recent actions. Concern for the self-reliance cherished at …

 Binns, The Hon. Patrick George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2001), 22 Feb 2001, 253-261     Perceptions from a recent trip to China along with the Prime Minister and other Premiers, and a business delegation. Atlantic Canada, still in need of both understanding and investment capital. Prosperity at the time of Confederation. The situation prior to and post-Confederation. Free trade, along with advancement in transportation, new …

 Barnard, Dr. Peter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2001), 1 Mar 2001, 262-269     Iter as the last step in a huge worldwide programme to develop fusion, a new, cleaner energy form for our planet. Canada as a leading contender in the global competition to host Iter. Funding for Iter. A public/private sector partnership as a world first in the development of international research …