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 Stanfield, The Honourable Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 7 Nov 1957, 78-86     The Province of Nova Scotia as very much part of the Canadian scene. Some prominent Nova Scotians. Conditions in Nova Scotia today. A promising outlook. A spirit of optimism and of confidence in the province, one reason being the development of a real Maritime outlook and a sincere measure of …

 Grauer, Albert Edward, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 10 Oct 1957, 16-29     Canada's traditional six, diverse regions. Looking at Canada from the viewpoint of its various regions to complement and illuminate studies of Canada as a national entity. The speaker's description of, and comments on, the three regions of Western Canada, that is, the Prairies, British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest …

 Fairclough, The Honourable Ellen L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 12 Dec 1957, 134-145     The speaker's view that there is no difference in one's approach to the problems of business or state because of one's sex. Changes in a woman's role in society. A brief historical look at the part women have played in public affairs. The difficulties faced by women in the new …

 McCulley, Joseph, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 25 Apr 1957, 357-369     Some real challenges to all thinking Canadians, posed by Mr. James S. Duncan in his address to the Empire Club some four months ago, entitled "Education and the Cold War." A summary of what that speaker said. An examination of the idea of "the university" on which so much of …

 James, F. Cyril, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 31 Jan 1957, 199-213     What is the future of the Empire for which this Club was named or, more precisely of the Commonwealth which is its modern embodiment. Looking back over history and Canadian history and asking ourselves some questions. The nature of the British Empire and how it has changed over the past …

 Bing, Rudolf, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 28 Mar 1957, 302-307     Opera in Maple Leaf Gardens, and its success. The visual improvements from year to year. The Business of Opera. The finances of the Metropolitan Opera Association. The lack of shame over the deficit. The speaker's belief that opera has no business being a business. What the speaker means by that. …

 Rabinowitch, I.M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 21 Nov 1957, 99-111     Defining the term "medical expert witness." The history of such a medical expert witness. Difficulties faced by doctors when asked to testify about their patients. Jurists taking a "dim view" of expert evidence, and why. The conditions of preparedness under which a medical expert witness enters the Court. The value …

 Knowles, Stanley Howard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 21 Mar 1957, 290-301     Some preliminary remarks about the Padlock Act and the right to freedom of discussion in Canada. Sir Lyman Duff's meaning of free discussion. The Parliament of Canada and what it is. The struggles that take place in parliament, as they should. The opposition's right, indeed its duty, whenever it feels …

 The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 19 Dec 1957, 146-146     Christmas meeting with a programme of Christmas music by The Leslie Bell Charole.

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 Williams, William E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 5 Dec 1957, 121-133     Three points the speaker wishes to make before detailing his recent travels. Briefly, they are that he will not simply state encyclopedia-like facts; that in almost 37,000 miles of travel he saw nothing of the "anti-American" attitude; and third, that throughout the world there is a definite drive toward nationalism …

 Garner, Sir Saville, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 28 Feb 1957, 252-262     The background to the Suez crisis as it affects Britain. Oil and the Middle East. Four urgent problems with regard to the Middle East: Clearing the Canal; Permanent arrangements for the Canal; Israel-Arab tension; General security in the area, with a discussion of each. Other subjects are discussed under the …

 Bull, Henry H. and Martin, G. Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 24 Jan 1957, 181-198     A debate. Mr. Bull: The vital importance to the social structure and the body politic of the preservation of human rights in the field of Criminal law. A dispassionate examination of some human rights. The speaker's function to prepare a general background against which "my learned friend" can then present …

 Jodoin, Claude, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 7 Feb 1957, 214-227     A brief history of organized labour in Canada. Today's living standards. A suggestion that the pressures applied by labour have been instrumental in having us take advantage of the conditions found in Canada. The future: a continuing desire to strive for a better life for all people. Unfilled needs in …

 Lynch, Charles B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 24 Oct 1957, 47-59     Speaking both objectively and critically about the United Nations on United Nations Day. Yesterday as the first anniversary of the outbreak of fighting in Budapest. What the Russians did, and what the U.N. did not do, with regard to Hungary a year ago. Russia's influence at the U.N. The end …

 Goodeve, Sir Charles F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 4 Apr 1957, 308-319     The war and the things it brought forth that continue to affect our lives today. Radar; background and history. The introduction of science into war operations. Operation Research and how it has grown in Great Britain, especially since the war. Some details of Operational Research Units. The Operational Research Society …

 Claxton, The Honourable Brooke, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 17 Oct 1957, 30-46     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The origins of The Canada Council Act of 1957. A review of its activities, four months later. Support for the Arts in other countries. How the Council's funds will be used. Objectives of the Canada …

 Merchant, The Honorable Livingston T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 7 Mar 1957, 263-277     The function of diplomacy to defend the vital interests of a country and to exhaust every means of honorably resolving conflicts of interest; resolving them by negotiation in the unceasing effort to establish an enduring peace with justice. The speaker's fascination with, and remarks on, the Congress of Vienna nearly …

 Colbert, Lester L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 10 Jan 1957, 154-164     Some thoughts on how best a working citizen can make a contribution to bringing about the kind of peaceful world we all want. A related thought on how Canada and the United States are functioning as the economic heart of the free world. Some background to traditions of both countries. …

 Kiernan, Dr. Thomas Joseph, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 14 Mar 1957, 278-289     Some introductory remarks on the concept of a racial mind. Expressions of the mind of a people and how they may be discerned in a variety of manifestations: in music and song; in literature and drama; in painting and sculpture; in the whole of the activities of life. An examination …