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 Douglas-Home, The Right Honourable Sir Alec, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 11 Feb 1964, 215-237     Following toasts and other formalities, Sir Alec Douglas-Home begins with a "bold proposition" that there is today a change coming over the world. The speaker offers a broad review of world politics beginning with the state of affairs between the Communist and non-Communist countries, between East and West. Then, a …

 Martin, The Honourable Paul, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 2 Apr 1964, 320-327     United Nations peace-keeping operations in Cyprus. Reference to Mr. Adlai Stevenson's remarks on the era of "limited peace"; his penetrating questions about what can and must be done to ensure that the nations pursue the path of peaceful settlement of disputes. The all-important attitude of states toward war. A threat …

 Douglas, The Honourable Thomas C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 16 Apr 1964, 339-350     More and more of Canada falling into foreign hands by the steady acquisition of industries and resources by American corporations. Some statistics and recent occurrences. Benefits to Canada from foreign investment. Trading relations with the United States. The problem of developing a branch plant economy in Canada. The example of …

 Fulton, The Honourable E. Davie, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1965), 5 Nov 1964, 62-73     Three steps on the Confederation dialogue: to state what it is we are agreed upon, as Canadians; to discuss where it is we differ; to agree on what accommodations are to be made "in order that Canadians may harmoniously pursue national goals and give effect to a common national purpose." …

 Hilborn, Lt. Col. Robert H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1965), 17 Dec 1964, 147-148     Christmas meeting with The Sunday Afternoon Youth Orchestra.

 Laurendeau, Andre and Dunton, Davidson, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 9 Apr 1964, 328-338     Andre Laurendeau: Summing up the subject of the inquiry at recent regional meetings of the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism by asking the following questions: "These two peoples, the English-speaking and the French-speaking, can they continue to live together? Do they want to? And under what new conditions? Summing up …

 Thomson, Peter Nesbitt, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 6 Feb 1964, 204-214     The speaker's concern with recent events in Quebec, and whether, because of what is happening there, Canada is on the threshold of great and nation-shaking transitions. How the rest of the world might be looking at Canada today. How much of the turbulent change of spirit by Canada is really …

 Heller, Dr. Walter W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 17 Feb 1964, 238-254     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. An address "on the very threshold of a 20 per cent Federal income tax cut." Forecasting that the most important precondition of U.S. Canadian economic relations in 1964-65 will be satisfied. Against the backdrop of …

 Pearson, The Right Honourable Lester B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1965), 15 Oct 1964, 35-46     The need to have institutions and procedures and symbols to emphasize our Canadian status, our separate identity as a nation. The traditional and the national factors in Canada's development. A few observations about the recent visit of the Queen to Canada. Some threats associated with that visit and how that …

 Shaw, Robert F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1965), 3 Dec 1964, 125-137     Some details of Expo '67, and acknowledgements of co-operation with officials of the Canadian National Exhibition. What Expo '67 needs: the moral force of the nation behind it. The wish for Expo '67 to be known as a Canadian effort, not an English-Canadian or French-Canadian one. Clarification of who is …

 O'Neill, Captain the Right Honourable Terence, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 19 Mar 1964, 302-308     The taming of the Atlantic as the greatest and most significant factor in post-war history. The Western Alliance as one of the main foundations of world peace. The Commonwealth as another. Various "blocs." Forces of violent change at work in the world. The process of drawing together—incompatible with the maintenance …

 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 …

 Favreau, the Honourable Guy, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 5 Mar 1964, 279-290     The current crisis in Canada; deeper in its national significance, and more perturbing in its possibilities, than any in Canada's history. Three basic causes for unrest and dissatisfaction, as expressed by French Canadians collectively. Beliefs of others in French Canada as to the more complex reasons for Quebec's situation. Reasons …

 Townsend, Lynn A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 20 Feb 1964, 255-269     A few thoughts concerning the great economic opportunity that lies ahead for the people of Canada and the people of the United States. Shared problems as economic partners. Gains for both peoples who buy and use the products of the speaker's company, more of the benefits of mass production and …

 Balcer, The Honourable Leon, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1965), 22 Oct 1964, 45-53     The repatriation of the Constitution as a progressive move and an important step in the history of Canada. The power to amend the Constitution. Bringing the Constitution up to date through a long series of federal-provincial meetings. Securing the agreement of all the provinces to the Favreau formula. Repercussions of …

 Fowler, Cody, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1965), 10 Dec 1964, 138-146     The bi-racial problem in the United States as the most serious internal problem since the Civil War. The speaker as a Southerner, and a realist. The different bi-racial problems in different parts of the country. An attempt to discuss the situation as briefly as possible in the limited time available. …

 Ritchie, The Honourable Charles S.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1965), 29 Oct 1964, 54-62     Some personal reminiscences of when the speaker joined the Department of External Affairs some 30 years previous. The foreign service now grown up. The nature and description of the foreign service. Co-operation between government departments in the promotion and safeguarding of Canadian interests abroad. Some comments on the "glamour and …

 Prain, Sir Ronald L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 23 Apr 1964, 351-361     Africa and Rhodesia. Canada and Rhodesia as the two greatest copper producing countries in the Commonwealth. Characteristics of the two widely different backgrounds against which this copper is produced. The failure to bridge the gap between the "have" nations and the "have not" nations. The creation of opportunity in vast …

 Drury, The Honourable C.M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1964), 30 Jan 1964, 195-203     Canada's traditional economic base of agriculture and natural resources. The steady growth of Canada's manufacturing industry. Canada's evolution of a political-economic system wherein the public and private sectors interact and the decisions made in one sphere have a substantial impact on the other. The increasing importance of secondary industry and …