Résultats

 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 …

 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. …

 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 …

 Lewis, Stepehn, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 26 Oct 1978, 47-60     A detailed description of the recent postal strike and how it was handled by all parties involved. The federal government and collective bargaining: a critical perspective. Three practical suggestions by the speaker to salvage the situation. The economy, and how the present government appears not to understand it. The mistake …

 Knudsen, C. Calvert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 2 Nov 1978, 61-70     Comments on China's economic development program, begun in 1965. A brief historical perspective before-and-after Chairman Mao. The deposing of the "Gang of Four" and a return to a "comprehensive, ambitious economic development program." Objectives of the program. Numbers for perspective. Planning for the program. A recognition of the need for …

 Wicks, Ben, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 9 Nov 1978, 71-82     A humourous look at Canada and Canadian politics and politicians, interspersed with personal anecdotes and reminiscences. An optimistic look at Canada and Canada's potential.

 Roman, Stephen B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 16 Nov 1978, 83-91     A discussion of the speaker's perspective on the present trends in the exercise of political power. Comments on the legitimate use of power, with a review of various views. Canadian Prime Ministers in the past. Consequences of recent programmes offered without input from the public, e.g. price and wage controls, …

 Adams, The Rt. Hon. J.M.G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 23 Nov 1978, 92-105     Historical links between Barbados and Canada. The shift in the balance of importance between islands and mainland over the centuries. Trade relations between Barbados and Canada. The Canadian National Steamship Services which linked Canada with the Caribbean. The imbalance of trade in recent years, with statistics. Political links between Barbados …

 Lyon, the Honourable Sterling R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1979), 30 Nov 1978, 106-115     A critical review of some federal government policies: excessive deficits, regulative interferences such as the Foreign Investment Review Agency, taxation on resource industries that ignore the risks involved, monetary policy established without reference to effects of changing interest rates on the regions of Canada, particularly as they effect Manitoba. A …