Résultats

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 Street, T. George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1971), 8 Oct 1970, 43-54     Crime and the treatment of criminals and what part parole plays in this great problem, which is or should be of such vital concern to us all. The staggering consequences and cost of crime: the loss of property; the misery; the pain and suffering; and the wastage of human lives. …

 Svien, Arlon J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1971), 12 Nov 1970, 107-115     Some background to the Apollo mission to the moon. Preparation of the Apollo Communication system: a detailed description including the organizational tasks and the equipment. Examining the actual performance of the system during the several missions and its contribution to the total success of the program. Information received which provided …

 Hardie, Sir Charles, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1971), 3 Dec 1970, 153-162     A presentation of the external balance sheet of the United Kingdom, the external receipts and payments account, both on capital and income account, the balance of which, of course, represents the vital balance of payments. Evidence of the U.K.'s position of immense external strength. The advantages of London as the …

 Straiton, John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1971), 22 Oct 1970, 69-82     Some personal reminiscences. An illustration of how things are changing in the world. The speaker's home town, and the rest of Canada, now part of the Global Supermarket. The age of the multi-national, or international corporation. Examples of Canada in the international market. Extra pressure from the United States in …

 Lovell, Captain James A. Jr., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1971), 18 Aug 1970, 1-26     Some remarks about Canada's participation in space missions, particularly on the first historic mission to the moon. The purpose of the United States space programme: to bring its benefits for the peaceful uses of all mankind; the kind of peaceful co-operation that has existed for generations between Canada and the …

 Bonner, Robert W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1971), 10 Dec 1970, 163-175     The concern by Canadians over foreign investment. The speaker's confidence that Western Canada "can absorb vast amounts of capital from a number of sources, including the United States, without becoming the less Canadian in our characteristics and without loss of proper control of our own affairs." The speaker's thesis that …

 Child, Arthur J.E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1971), 15 Oct 1970, 55-68     The meat packing industry. What the people in the meat packing industry do. The size of the industry. Some specific details of the daily activity in the meat packing industry. Some history. The failure of the original concept of a meat packing industry to supply beef to Great Britain, and …

 Pepin, The Honourable Jean-Luc, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1970), 15 Jan 1970, 198-215     Three points to begin with as to why the speaker is going to address the issue of bilingualism in Canada: it is a major concern to French Canada, a positive and challenging one; that there are many misconceptions about bilingualism still existing which should be rectified; the subject is constantly …

 Guth, Dr. Wilfried, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1970), 22 Jan 1970, 216-230     Some major, exciting, even turbulent monetary experiences over the last 12 or 18 months. Examples of the world monetary system as "not as bad as some of its critics want us to believe." Comments on events "to the extent that they provide lessons of a rather general nature for the …

 Eagleson, R. Alan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1970), 29 Jan 1970, 231-247     Definitions of "sport" and "business" from the Random House "Dictionary of the English Language." A review of the major leagues in sport in North America. Indications that business is booming. Examples of inflation and expansion in every sport. A detailed discussion follows, addressing the issue as to whether or not …

 McCracken, Dr. Paul W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1970), 5 Feb 1970, 248-259     A message of confidence and optimism. Reasons for such optimism. Some real progress in trying to get the long overheated U.S. economy cooled off: why and how that was a struggle. What has been learned about the nature of economic progress. A second reason for confidence the establishment of a …

 Pullen, Captain T.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1970), 12 Feb 1970, 260-272     A review of the controversial passage of the S.S. Manhattan. An attempt to put the "significance of last year's Arctic Tanker Test into focus." A brief review of the search for, and achievement of, a voyage through the Northwest Passage by several people and ships. The two basic routes of …

 Creighton, Dr. Donald C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1971), 16 Nov 1970, 116-129     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Defining the limits of the gloom of the speaker's title: "The Coming Defeat of Canadian Nationalism." A broad-ranging discussion of Canada and Canadian nationalism. Just some of the topics touched on include the following: A …

 Rowan-Legg, Allan A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1971), 5 Nov 1970, 95-106     Some introductory statements about the implications of what the speaker has to say: a recognition of a bias towards Ontario—what's good for Ontario exports is good for Canada; a preference that his remarks be taken as an individual expression of opinion, rather than official policy. Speaking as a commentator, after …

 Hughes, The Hon. Mr. Justice S.H.S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1971), 1 Oct 1970, 27-42     A distinction between Toryism and Imperialism in Canada. The Alaska Boundary dispute with the United States, the disappointing settlement achieved by arbitration in 1903, and the relationship of this issue to the formation of the Empire Club. Some results of this dispute and its settlement. Britain's imperial organization after the …

 Smith, Dr. Arthur J.R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1970), 8 Jan 1970, 181-197     Thinking about the future. Thinking about the future, especially of the economic future, as a relatively new development of the past quarter century. The revolution of "looking ahead." The more immediate needs of the time prior to the last 25 years. A natural progression to thinking about post-war economies that …

 Gillies, Dean James M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1970), 23 Apr 1970, 401-414     An analysis of the situation whereby the speaker thinks Canada is doing very well in terms of management education, yet statistics show that productivity of the Canadian economy in general is about 20 per cent below that of the United States and, in manufacturing, according to the Economic Council of …

 Cameron, Robert Burns, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1970), 30 Apr 1970, 423-432     A reference to remarks made by the Honourable G.I. Smith in his speech to the Empire Club in January of 1969 regarding the situation at Sydney Steel as of October, 1967, and the position and outlook of the company at the time of the speech. This address adds to that …

 Erhard, Dr. Ludwig, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1970), 2 Jun 1970, 433-444     A joint Meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The need for closer ties among the nations of Europe, but a concern with the split of the still free part of Europe into two blocks: the European Economic Community and the European Free Trade …