Résultats

 Trimble, The Rt. Hon. David, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 26 May 1999, 29-39     Recalling the speaker's last visit to Toronto. Affection for Canada and Toronto. Links between Northern Ireland and this part of Canada. Modern links and their importance. Canadian companies and the role they play in Northern Ireland's economy, with some specific examples. The formation of the new administration and the current …

 Hnatyshyn, The Rt. Hon. Ramon J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 23 Jun 1999, 40-48     Some introductory comments about the meaning of the Empire Club. Caring enough to become involved. Canada internationally. The Commonwealth and what it means. Benefits of Commonwealth for Canada. Some Canadian history. Canada Day. Some of the speaker's personal history with regard to Canada. Recalling some world events with the speaker …

 Axworthy, The Hon. Lloyd, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 28 Jun 1999, 49-59     The problem of anti-personnel (AP) mines in Kosovo. The dimensions of the threat. The task of Canadian mine-clearning experts in Kosovo. The problems of AP mines in other countries. The UN Mission. Progress made since the conclusion of the Ottawa Convention. The new kind of partnershipamong governments reflected in the …

 Mayberry, John T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 16 Sep 1999, 60-71     Some personal background. Accomplishing significant change through "group therapy." The need for corporate Canada to change along with Canada's economy. Illustrating how Dofasco has been an integral part of the vital shift to a value-added, knowledge-based economy. The role that steel has to play in Canada's future economic prosperity. Dofasco …

 Dedecker, Clotilde Perez-Bode, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 21 Sep 1999, 72-83     The Association of Junior Leagues International--what it is and what it does. Voluntarism as an international movement. Some history and background to the Junior League. The speaker's own experience in the Junior League. Some examples of projects undertaken by the Junior League of Toronto, and other Junior Leagues. The empowerment …

 MacKenzie, Murray, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 23 Sep 1999, 84-91     Medicate as part of something that makes us Canadian. What public opinion surveys tell us about Canadian Medicare. The grim prognosis for Medicare if no changes are made. Some grave facts about health care in Ontario. Ways in which Canada is way behind on the medical high-tech front. Demographic pressure …

 Rock, The Hon. Allan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 30 Sep 1999, 92-105     Keeping our Canadian system of health care. What has to be done to succeed in doing so. First, a commitment. Pros of our system of health care. Differences in cost between the American and Canadian systems of health care. Increased pressure for a parallel private system. What ought to be …

 Cranston, Lynda, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 7 Oct 1999, 106-118     This speech is organized under several headings: Introduction; A Legacy from Misfortune; Safety and Managing Risk; Trust Remains Key; Donations: Cornerstone of the System; More change to Come; Conclusion. Issues and topics discussed included the following. Challenges being faced at Canadian Blood Services, created as a result of the crisis …

 Bremner, Ron, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 14 Oct 1999, 119-126     The National Hockey League. Small market teams. An illustrative anecdote. Putting the game in context with a quote from Ken Dryden. The economics of the game. The issue of salaries. Dollars that the game brings in. Working with government.

 Harasim, Dr. Linda, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 11 Mar 1999, 416-428     The work being done at TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence and how they feel they can contribute to Canada's competitive advantage in the knowledge economy. The concern that Canada not rest on its laurels. The roots of prosperity and how they have fundamentally changed. The revolutionary shift to the …

 Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 31 Mar 1999, 448-458     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and the British Canadian Chamber of Trade and Commerce. Some reminiscences about the speaker's previous meeting in Toronto with business and community leaders seven years ago. Some remarks about the history of the Empire Club, and the history of air flight. …

 Cheesbrough, Gordon F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 8 Apr 1999, 459-469     Managing change. The speaker's decision to make the move to Altamira. Changes in the entire investment management industry. Transforming an entrepreneurial company from its original ownership structure into a team-based corporate structure without diminishing the unique qualities and spirit that drove Altamira's past success. How this was done. Pluses and …

 Copps, The Hon. Sheila, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 23 Apr 1999, 492-498     First, a sales pitch for Canada Book Day. The book industry in Canada today and yesterday. Reinforcing the competitiveness of Canadian publishers. Canadian culture as a national priority, and why the government of Prime Minister Chretien has made it so. Canadian culture and what it means. Some figures to illustrate …

 Manning, Preston, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 29 Apr 1999, 499-512     A brief status report on taxes in Canada. Results of a Compas poll commissioned by the National Post with regard to tax rage. Some facts and figures with regard to taxes paid by Canadians. Provincial tax cuts in Ontario. The issue of federal taxation. Looking at the political realities of …

 Orban, Dr. Victor, His Excellency, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 29 Oct 1999, 127-133     The millennium in Hungary. Hungary rejoining Eruope in 1990. Nine years later. Some history, particularly the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Changes in the Hungarian economy. An illustrative anecdote about freedom in Hungary. Hungary as the leading candidate for EU membership. Acknowledging Canada for receiving Hungarians.

 Whittaker, Sheelagh, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 4 Nov 1999, 134-145     Changes in technology, with illustration. The information technology generation gap. Working seriously at understanding the uses and the potential of information technology and at getting help to put that understanding into practice. The need to re-think information technology , our attitude towards it and its proper central place in the …

 Carrington, John K., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 10 Nov 1999, 146-157     Mining and its meaning to Canada and Canadians. Domestic struggles. An inefficient approval process governing new mine developments in Canada. Internationally, facing the growing use of non-tariff trade barriers against metals. The significance of the industry. Some Canadian mining history, and some figures reflecting the importance of the industry to …

 Lamon, Jeanne and Haight, Lynn, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 18 Nov 1999, 158-171     Jeanne Lamon: Artistic and administrative leaders working together at Tafelmusik. The success of Tafelmusik. The music and the philosophy of music-making of Tafelmusik. The revolutionary nature of the music and what it means. The instruments used. [Tape recorded music is played several times during the speech to help illustrate many …

 Fotheringham, Allan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 25 Nov 1999, 172-179     Some personal and political history of the speaker and Western Canada. Witty and edgy comments about Canadian politics and politicians.

 Anderson, George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 2 Dec 1999, 180-189     The tripling of natural disasters worldwide in the past 10 years. The cost in lives and in economic terms. Natural disasters in Canada. The cost of the Ice Storm. Possible reasons for the change in the world's climate. Why costs are rising. Getting better at predicting. More examples of natural …