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 Bovey, Lieut.-Col. Wilfrid, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1940), 8 Feb 1940, 283-297     Contradictions about the British Empire, for example, the terms "democracy" and "empire." A closer examination of the term British Empire. Different meanings and usage of the term British. The attempt by the Statute of Westminster to explain the British Empire with the words "free association" and "Commonwealth." Scandinavian democratic customs …

 Stephenson, Carol, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1997), 5 Dec 1996, 268-279     A story of Albert Einstein and his annual examination where the question remained the same, but the answers were constantly changing. An analogy to the telecommunications industry which still connects people and companies, but with constantly changing solutions. Why Canada needs genuinely fair competition. Providing consumers with the greatest choice. …

 Dan, Leslie, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1997), 23 Jan 1997, 350-365     The issues facing Canada's generic drug industry, in particular the upcoming parliamentary review of the federal drug patent legislation, Bill C-91. The views of the Canadian Drug Manufacturers' Association. What the upcoming review will mean to the Canadian pharmaceutical industry, and the future of our health-care system. A description of …

 Cox, Wendell; Gilchrist, Steve; Golden, Anne, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1997), 26 Feb 1997, 434-450     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Wendell Cox A discussion of three fundamental problems with the proposed megacity: that it will weaken democracy; that it will not save money; that it threatens the city of which the people are so justly …

 Ferrero-Waldner, Her Excellency Benita, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1997), 11 Mar 1997, 487-497     The hope for Europe as the Cold War ended. Europe today coming from a high-risk situation with great stability to a low-risk situation with less stability. New threats to European security. Aggressive nationalism, racial hatred and ethnic and religious intolerance as some of the major causes for the Bosnian tragedy. …

 Dwyer, The Honourable Michael, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 14 May 1936, 1-15     The recent tragedy at Moose River. Some history of coal mining and the accidents and catastrophes that are involved in the industry. The heroism of the men and women in the coal mining industry. A detailed description of the mining accident at Moose River, and the rescue. Paying tribute to …

 Fishbien, Morris, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 14 Jan 1937, 150-165     The interest in the prolongation of life, and also the idea of adding to one's life more functioning years than have been the common lot of mankind. A look at the figures with regard to life expectancy from 1825 to the present. The history of seeking the fountain of youth. …

 Baker, Captain Edwin A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 4 Mar 1937, 246-259     Schools for the academic and technical education of the blind in Canada. History, development and purpose of The Canadian National Institute for the Blind, with a Dominion Charter secured in March, 1918. Details of services and programmes. The philosophy that blind people are normal human beings who have been handicapped …

 MacMillan, Harold, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 11 Mar 1937, 260-273     The history of modern Europe beginning with the Treaty of Versailles. Over-criticism of the Treaty. Comparing the Treaty favourably with that made in Paris after the war of 1870, and with the Treaty that might have been made in London by Hindenburg and Ludendorff. The two great mistakes of Versailles …

 Griffin, Frederick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 25 Mar 1937, 289-307     The complex nature of the tragedy of Spain. Explaining the limits of what the speaker saw in Spain on the Government or Loyalist side. Conditions under which the speaker covered the story. The military situation. The miracle of Madrid. A review of recent events in Spain. An examination of Franco's …

 Rodionov, Alexei Alexeievich, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1988), 24 Mar 1988, 308-318     The process of "perestroika" currently underway in the Soviet Union. What perestroika is; its many meanings. Perestroika as a revolution: a "decisive acceleration of the socioeconomic and cultural development of Soviet society which involves radical changes on the way to a qualitatively new state". Perestroika as an urgent necessity. Why …

 Heath, The Rt. Hon. Edward, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 17 May 1967, 1-17     Some remarks about the office and history of the office of the Lord Privy Seal. The Conservative Party of Britain today: some recent history and recent progress in terms of party policy. Indications of the policies as they have now emerged. A bit of forecasting about the Party under the …

 Jenkins, The Right Hon. Roy, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1969), 4 Oct 1968, 1-14     The economic challenge to the Western world. The responsibility and the duty of leadership for preserving world economic order falling on the small group of wealthy economic countries of the West, including the United Kingdom and Canada. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): the statement of aims. These …

 Church, Senator Frank, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1969), 6 Feb 1969, 170-184     The speaker's declaration of himself as an out-spoken critic of American foreign policy. The subject of Revolution and World Order. The two dominant nations in the world, the United States and the Soviet Union, suffering from a neurotic sense of insecurity. The tremendous cost of their nuclear armories. The immediate …

 Bridges, The Right Honourable Lord, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1965), 25 May 1964, 1-22     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Institute of Public Administration of Canada. The address divided into two sections: Nationalized Industries, and the other bodies in the range between the Nationalized Industries and Government Departments (the Intermediate Band) in Britain. First, the Intermediate Band. The structure …

 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 …

 Merchant, His Excellency Livingston T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 1 Feb 1962, 149-161     Standing back to take a look at what is happening around us. Some of the changes that have taken place over the lifetime of people in the audience. Interdependence and the acceptance of that concept for countries that wish to retain their independence. Looking at world events to understand the …

 Amory, The Right Honourable Viscount, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1962), 1 Mar 1962, 195-207     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and the Toronto Branch of the Royal Commonwealth Society. The Commonwealth described as the most imaginative and ambitious project in multi-racial co-operation that the world has ever known. The next four years likely to be of decisive importance for its future. …

 Eyton, J. Trevor, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 2 Dec 1982, 127-141     Exploring a few examples of government intervention in our lives where, in the speaker's view, this intervention is either excessive or simply wrong. Canadians' reliance on governments to help them and provide for them, and why this has been so. The massive nature of government participation in the Canadian economy, …

 MacInnis, J. Lyman, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1984), 10 Feb 1983, 222-230     The unmitigated mess that is The Canadian Income Tax Act. Three facts that must be recognized in order to keep the speaker's comments in perspective: "we in Canada are subject to an income tax system that's based, in the first instance, on self-assessment"; "for decades it's been a well-established rule …