Résultats

 Burns, General E.L.M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 9 Nov 1961, 49-55     An address on disarmament related to the discussions on that subject which are taking place in the General Assembly of the United Nations. Disarmament and alternatives. Recent events: the Berlin crisis, and the resumption of nuclear weapons testing by the Soviet Union. The relation of the Berlin crisis to the …

 The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 14 Dec 1961, 106-107     Christmas Meeting with music by the Toronto Men Teachers' Choir.

 Polwarth, Lord, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 30 Nov 1961, 74-89     A joint meeting of the Empire Club of Canada and St. Andrew's Society of Toronto. Address on the 125th anniversary of St. Andrew's Society. Personal reminiscences and anecdotes. The coincidence of today being Sir Winston Churchill's birthday. Some memories of him. Some remarks about Scotland and Canada, and the relationship …

 Spencer, Dr. Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 2 Nov 1961, 35-48     The current crisis in Berlin. The roots of the present crisis in wartime policies. Details about the agreement reached in 1944, and after. A history. The two phases of the present crisis. The nature of the crisis. The Wall. The closing of the frontier. Life in West Berlin. The difficulty …

 Freedman, The Honourable Mr. Justice Samuel, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 5 Jan 1961, 156-167     Of law, of lawyers and judges. A detailed discussion, with illustrative examples. Criminal law; some misconceptions. The lack of lawyers in Canada practising criminal law. The basic principles of a criminal trial. Statutory inroads on the presumption of innocence. Evidence in criminal matters. The feature of the open Court in …

 Dymond, The Honourable Matthew B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 23 Mar 1961, 297-302     Mental disorders as the Number One Health Problem in Ontario. An analysis of this statement. The enormity of the problem. The economics of the problem. The personal aspect, often overlooked, forgotten, or ignored. Asking what can be done as an indicator of progress. An acceptance of the problem as one …

 McEachern, Ronald A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 6 Apr 1961, 303-314     Some of the very hard and disagreeable problems which now confront Canada on a longer-term basis, and particularly for the period between now and 1970. The end of a quarter-century of easy and swift growth. A brief review of economic development and progress over the last 25 years. The current …

 Pearson, The Honourable Lester, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 24 Apr 1961, 325-333     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The current situation with regard to nuclear deterrent and the defence of the free world from the Communists. How the democracies can meet Soviet competition. Removing trade barriers between free countries; building up the largest …

 Tsiang, Ambassador Tingfu F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 27 Apr 1961, 334-344     The speaker addresses the Empire Club of Canada as representative of the people and Government of the Island of Taiwan, who find themselves "on the very front line of the world-wide fight against international Communism," which fact has "conditioned much of our life and work." A description of that life, …

 Gardiner, Frederick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 12 Oct 1961, 1-10     What we find in Toronto symptomatic of what is going on in every large city in North America: migration from the country to the city. The result of that movement. Metropolitan Toronto as a moderate-sized city that managed to get itself splintered into too many pieces. A new type of …

 Tweedsmuir, Lord, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 23 Nov 1961, 69-73     Some personal reminiscences. Some observations about Canada, about Britain, and about the relationship between the two nations.

 Lacoste, Francis, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 7 Dec 1961, 90-105     Peoples and Nations in a Changing World: a nose count of humanity and then a blood count. An historical and scientific look at population then, now, and in the future. Problems inherent in such population growth. The issues of nuclear war and peace. A look at various theories. Time to …

 Frost, Leslie M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 19 Oct 1961, 11-21     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and the Canadian Club of Toronto. A review of some of the economic and social changes which have occurred in Ontario over the last few years. Government becoming big business, as it has in all Western democracies. How the Premiership position …

 MacDonald, Dean H.I., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 16 Nov 1961, 56-68     What is going on inside the Common Market itself. European attitudes to the world economy, the underlying philosophy of the Common Market's institutions and the Common market's hopes and aspirations. Bringing something of the European message to Canadian ears. Two goals of the speaker: to describe some of the highlights; …

 Soules, Jack M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 12 Jan 1961, 168-179     The economic outlook and the consideration of the various factors contributing to present conditions and those necessary to effect desirable improvements. An outline of the size and the condition of the construction industry in Canada. Its effect on the general economy now and in the future. The parallels that can …

 Jaenicke, Dr. Joachim, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 19 Jan 1961, 180-194     The challenge to Germany as that to the entire free world: the twin challenge to Freedom and to Peace; how to maintain, how to protect, and how to strengthen Freedom and Peace, Peace and Freedom. A look at the world situation today. The free world losing ground to Communist expansion …

 Romney, George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 26 Jan 1961, 195-206     Canada going through a searching reappraisal of our economic and foreign policies. Quoted in the address from a Canadian correspondent: "Canada is locked in a vital and complicated debate on the whole problem of American economic penetration and its ultimate effect on Canadian sovereignty." The speaker's assertion that such debate …

 de Their, His Excellency Jacques, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 2 Feb 1961, 207-220     The Congo as one of the main problems of international affairs; one of the most dangerous spots of the Cold War. Belgium's position as the country to blame and at the United Nations, used by some governments "as a scapegoat to cover up their own manoeuvres to extend their influence …

 Vanier, His Excellency Major-General Georges P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 9 Feb 1961, 221-231     The centenary of Confederation in Canada in six years' time. A consideration of "the preparation of mind and spirit which we should perhaps try to achieve during the intervening years." Confederation in a Canadian historical context. Solutions of old difficulties and a crop of new ones. Some current difficulties and …

 Aldred, Joel W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1961), 16 Feb 1961, 232-244     Ways of looking at the future of television; ways to assess it. A number of variables, common to most businesses, upon which the future is dependent. The importance of the general economic climate. The demands of organized labour. The number of TV sets in use. Rating systems. Competition. The C.B.C. …