Résultats

 Cafik, The Honourable Norman A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 6 Apr 1978, 364-378     The Commonwealth as precursor of the policy of multiculturalism, and how that is so. Canada's multicultural policy as a pragmatic policy stemming from an awareness of the reality of Canada where at least 30% of the people are of neither English nor of French extraction. Implementation of the policy results …

 Marshall, Dr. F. Ray, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 17 Apr 1978, 396-406     The settling of the coal strike. How it was settled. Lessons learned. Some concerns about some international employment problems relating to energy and coal utilization. How the Carter Administration handled the coal strike. Two major objectives were to minimize damage to the public and to facilitate a collectively bargained settlement. …

 Blais, The Honourable Jean-Jacques, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 5 Jan 1978, 181-194     The importance and significance of communication. Mechanization. Problems caused in labour-management relations by mechanization. Consequences of sporadic and frequent disruptions of service. The responsibilities of Postmaster General. Canada Post as a public service and an instrument of public communications policy. Subsidization from the Treasury. The difficulty of identifying justifiable areas …

 Crosby, Harold E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 12 Jan 1978, 195-209     Public myths and misconceptions about business and economics. A review of the myths and some general approaches to possible cures and remedies. Some reactions to an analysis of the myths. A refutation of the myths, with examples. How to convince people that the myths are just that. The need for …

 Pitman, Walter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 19 Jan 1978, 216-228     An examination of the nature of Canada. A look back at our history of Empire. The role of Loyalists. The fulfilled dream of Confederation. The element of diversity. The Quebec Act. The failure of our country which is the relationship with Quebec. The changes to immigration policy in the 1960s. …

 Holt, Simma, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 20 Apr 1978, 407-426     The speaker's address concerns her critical thoughts and comments on an "ever-pervasive bureaucracy, the power that controls our nation." Much of the address is an informative warning about the dangers of such a bureaucracy as told through her own experiences, or those of people she knows well. Reasons for the …

 Cruise, Dr. James E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 27 Apr 1978, 439-453     The Royal Ontario Museum—past, present and future. A description of the ROM as one of the great museums of the world, with features of its uniqueness. A history of the ROM, its inception in 1851 and its development since then. Anecdotes concerning some of the ROM's greatest contributors and curators. …

 Ziegler, John A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 26 Jan 1978, 229-241     A history of the National Hockey League. Where the league is today, how it got there. Comments about where the National Hockey League will be in the next few years. Topics discussed include the entertainment aspect of the sport, expansion, protecting and security the players, network television coverage, the upgraded …

 Drea, The Honourable Frank, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 2 Feb 1978, 242-257     The Criminal Justice System. The Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services. A description of the system. A brief historical background. The speaker's approach to corrections. The costs of crime and the system. How offenders were handled in the past. Some pilot projects for change in the system. The variety of approaches …

 MacEachen, The Honourable A.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 9 Feb 1978, 258-272     Multilaterial trade negotiations in Geneva, including Canada and 97 other countries, which together account for nearly 95% of total world trade. Why these negotiations are so critically important. Canada's role in the negotiations. Advantages to Canada expected from the negotiations. Challenges faced by Canada in moving forward to a more …

 Merszei, Zoltan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 16 Feb 1978, 273-285     "Canada should be on the brink of greatness." A review of Canada's strengths and weaknesses. Some answers to Canada's current economic problems. Why Canada has lost strength and status among the world's more powerful industrial nations. Factors affecting this status. The speaker's confidence in Canada and reasons for that confidence, …

 Bulloch, John F.D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 23 Feb 1978, 286-300     The need for fundamental change in Canadian society.The speaker's belief that the Canada's problems have been created by and for ourselves as a product of a period of affluence. How to restore social and economic stability and a sense of nationhood through fundamental change, and the establishment of new national …

 Jamieson, The Honourable Donald C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 2 Mar 1978, 301-318     Some impressions, from personal experience in public life and as Secretary of State, on the condition of the world today and on those things which the speaker feels Canada can do something about. The east-west confrontation since WWII; the relationship between the Soviet Union and its client states and the …

 Broadfoot, Dave, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 9 Mar 1978, 319-332     A comedic address by one of Canada's foremost comedians. A brief history of the speaker and how he became a comedian. A review of comedy. The therapeutic use of comedy. The address about Canada and Canadians is interspersed with many comedic moments and humourous impersonations of Canadian figures.

 Colley, The Honourable George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 16 Mar 1978, 333-346     Some similarities between the economies of Ireland and Canada. Differences between the two countries. A brief history of Ireland with emphasis on recent advances. Natural resources of Ireland. The spread of prosperity. Emigration from Ireland and its consequences. Ireland in 1977. The small economy of Ireland and its particular subjection …

 Franklin, Dr. Ursula, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 30 Mar 1978, 347-363     The Science Council of Canada and how it operates to provide money for research. Major studies of the Council. The origins of the term "conserver society" from a report on resource management. The need for Canada to implement a more conserving resource-management approach. Implications of the conserver society. A discussion …

 McKeough, The Honourable Darcy, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1978), 13 Apr 1978, 379-395     National economic issues as Canada moves beyond controls. The need to set aside the notion that Canada is winding down. Reasons why that notion is wrong. Some statistics. The dismantling of the Anti-Inflation Program. Some assertions about how Canada might proceed, discussed under the following headings: Building on a basic …

 Ryan, Claude, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 5 Oct 1978, 6-19     The speaker addresses the Club in his new role as leader of the Liberal Party in the Province of Quebec. Remarks on the nature of the challenge to be faced in Quebec and comments on what is expected from fellow Canadians in what the speaker terms the "battle which lies …

 O'Donohue, Alderman Tony; Smith, Alderman David; Sewell, Alderman John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 12 Oct 1978, 20-35     Mr. O'Donohue remarks focus on his vision of Toronto as a place of many cultural and social backgrounds. He attempts to answer the question as to what people in the City of Toronto want. An analysis of the operating expenses for the City. An examination of the role of Mayor. …

 Sabia, Laura, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 19 Oct 1978, 36-46     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and Royal Commonwealth Society. A definition of chauvinism. The concept of Canadians becoming "hyphenated" as a symbol of our divisiveness, as in "English-Canadian." The dividing consequences of multiculturalism. The Official Languages Act. The failure of national bilingualism. Sovereignty association: what it …