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 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 …

 Scully, Dr. Hugh, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 9 Dec 1999, 190-202     Some background on the Canadian Medical Association. What the CMA believes is essential to maintain and strengthen the health-care system. What the business and community leaders can do to help. Environmental Scan. The health-care system as it has been. The vision of health care for the future. New health challenges …

 Weston, The Hon. Hilary M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 16 Dec 1999, 203-208     Some heroes among us. Social work. Listening to young street kids. Celebrating the new century and millennium by investing in all young people who will take Ontario and Canada into the future.

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 King, Allan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 21 Jan 1999, 330-338     The most interesting year in a decade, for those concerned about freedom, cultural sovereignty and public policy in film and television. A top-to-bottom review of television policy by the CRTC, as well as a comprehensive review of feature film policy by the Ministry of Canadian Heritage. The problem stated. The …

 Smits, Sonja, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 27 Jan 1999, 339-351     Speaking on behalf of Performers for Literacy. Some introduction comments about performing and words and communication and reading. Continuing the tradition of story-telling as an actor. Literacy as fundamental. What literacy is. Building a literate society. Illiteracy in Canada as a formidable problem. The five levels on which we measure …

 Mitchell, Dr. The Hon. Keith C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 29 Jan 1999, 352-360     Reference to the recent victory of the speaker's New National Party at the January 18 polls in Grenada. Reasons for the astounding victory. Some personal history. Plans for the future. A manifesto for sound economic policy, human resource development, industrialisation and excellent infrastructure. The safe nature of Grenada. Taking advantage …

 Fleming, Rowland W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 4 Feb 1999, 361-374     Fundamental changes occurring in the structure of capital markets around the world. The TSE's role, that of any exchange. The TSE's role in the Canadian economy. How the primary market activity of the TSE impacts the people of Canada. The TSE, like other exchanges, facing new sources of competition, new …

 Sims, Nelson, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 11 Feb 1999, 375-385     Some exciting developments in health care. The scientific and technological revolution that the pharmaceutical industry is embarking upon. Breakthroughs in many different fields - genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology and others - and the spectacular results. Transforming the process of discovering and developing new medicines, with illustrative examples. What the accelerating …

 Solana, His Excellency Dr. Javier, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 12 Feb 1999, 386-392     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Atlantic Council of Canada. Today beginning the third phase of North America's involvement in European security. NATO over the last 10 years, adapting its structures and policies to take on this new role. 19 instead of 16 national flags …

 Manley, The Hon. John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 18 Feb 1999, 393-403     The Connecting Canadians agenda. Evidence of the progress through SchoolNet. The finances of the nation on a solid footing. The government acting on things that matter to Canadians. The strength of Canada's public health-care system. Canada's standard of living - maintaining and increasing it. Measuring productivity - some figures. The …

 Burman, Tony; Rae, The Hon. Bob, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 25 Feb 1999, 404-415     Tony Burman: Privacy and the Media - a timely issue that the CBC wrestles with every day. The urgency of the debate, given the increasing accessibility to information. 12 unrelenting months of Clinton and Lewinsky as the saga that is likely to be a watershed in the U.S. Lessons learned …

 Pepino, Jane, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 25 Mar 1999, 429-447     An update on what's happening in women's health. The speaker's role as Chair of the Women's Health Council. Lip service to the subject of women's health over the past decade, and some results of that lip service. Frustrations in dealing with the health system. Getting through the transition from talking …

 Hale, Marguerite (Grete), The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 15 Apr 1999, 470-479     Reference to the speaker's Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award - making it to the pinnacle of a mounting - one that the speaker had been climbing all her life. Some personal history. Some history of Morrison Lamothe. Today's different focus for the company. More personal history and lessons …

 Teitelbaum, Matthew, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 22 Apr 1999, 480-491     Sharing some thoughts about the changing nature of museums by thinking about the past and wondering what doors it might open at the close of the century. The speaker's reflections on the past, and by what they are framed. Museums in the midst of great change; the experience of art …

 Thomas, Anne-Marie, C.F.A.; Embry, John; Eigen, Bill, C.F.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 14 Jan 1999, 309-329     Anne-Marie Thomas: The volatility of 1998, returned with a vengeance in the form of Brazil. The stage set for the market battle of 1999: the U.S. consumer vs. the global economic slowdown. The bullish long-term fixed income outlook at Altamira. Some predictions. Expectations regarding higher rates in the short-term, shaped …

 Roses, Dr. Allen, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 6 May 1999, 1-8     Genetics. An explanation of some of the things that are going to happen in medicine in the next five to 10 years. The patient as primary customer. The opportunity to affect medicine development and the way government and industry can work together to improve medicine development. The human genome in …

 Harris, Mike, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 12 May 1999, 9-18     Some opening remarks about Bill Davis. Recalling previous addresses to the club. The speaker's party's Blueprint for a better Ontario. A review of the speaker's challenging job over the last four years. Some remarks about demonstrators. The importance of strong leadership. Working on behalf of the people of Ontario. Ontario, …

 McGuinty, Dalton J.P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2000), 20 May 1999, 19-28     The election and where the speaker wants to take the province. The importance of this election. The clear choice. Remarks on Mike Harris and his leadership of Ontario. The speaker"s parameters for strong leadership. A comparison of views between the speaker and Mike Harris. Health care and education in Ontario. …

 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 …