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      Reference to the speech by the Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development and its relevance to the current address. Aviation representing a snapshot of the world’s economic health at any given moment and how that is so. Cathay Pacific as the largest Asian airline in Canada. The playing …

      Some references to past speeches at the Empire Club, and the founding of the Club. Anticipating and responding to the changing risk environment at the heart of Lloyd’s. A focus on helping the business community understand and respond to today’s risks. Some figures from Canada. Lloyd’s as a very significant …

      “Looking outward together in the same direction.” A quote from “The Little Prince.” The speaker’s greatest hope for Ontario. Ontarians looking to the world filled with confidence. Embracing the global economy. A collective resolve. What we have going for us. The privilege of meeting so many other leaders from different …

      An annual Toronto tradition since 1913. The advent of lieutenant-governors at the head table in 1963. Celebrating a host of multicultural holidays. The makeup of this year’s Christmas luncheon head table. Looking forward to the presentation of this year’s Empire Club Community Service Award. What the speaker hopes to achieve …

      A wireless future for Canada. The new iPhone – a review of features. The iPhone not yet available in Canada. The Blackberry. Canadians without access to the Blackberry and why. The wireless industry in Canada. The Canadian wireless market dominated by three very large players. Their control of the market. …

      Some opening comments from the speaker about his memories of Toronto. Some good reasons to pay a visit to Hong Kong. Commonalities in a wide variety of areas between Hong Kong and Canada. Shared beliefs and philosophies. Some statistics as trading partners. Reunification and the challenges it brought. Health and …

      Reference to the federal government making great progress on some big commitments. Some personal history. Now less about hard hands and raw land and more about sharp minds and raw talent. Then barriers to success of weather, disease, and the vagaries of nature. Today, barriers of ferocious global competition and …

      Alberta’s contribution to Canada. Alberta facing unprecedented global demand for their resources. Alberta providing energy security to Canadians. A safe and stable supplier of energy to North America. Today’s Albertans and their ability to build a future of prosperity, opportunity, a world-class quality of life and deep respect for the …

      Some introductory remarks. A story about the speaker’s sister. The gap between the Ontario we have and the Ontario that we deserve. A leadership gap. How to close that gap. Ontario’s greatest resource. Ontario as a leader in Canada and around the world. Why that is slipping. Troubling signs for …

      Some introductory quotes. The decline in the knowledge of Winston Churchill by students. Some impressive facts about Sir Winston Churchill. The number of books still written each year about him. A quote from one of them. Some of his early accomplishments and history. Debunking some myths. A quote from his …

      Greetings from the more than 65,000 physician-members of the Canadian Medical Association. The speaker addressing the club as the 140th president of the CMA. The first president. The health of Canadians. An analogy. The Canadian health system that needs fixing. CMA solutions. People that distort the message – an illustrative …

      The speaker delivering his final public speech as Governor of the Bank of Canada. What the speaker means by “financial system.” Why the Bank of Canada puts such emphasis on financial system issues. A look back over the past seven years – particularly the last seven months. A discussion of …

 Wilson, The Hon. Michael, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2008), 22 Jan 2007, 264-277     Promoting our national interests by working with the United States on many global and hemispheric issues. Canada and the U.s. as separate, sovereign entities - some convergences. Working together in common endeavour. Differing histories and formative experiences creating different traditions and domestic political drivers. The management of this relationship. How …

 Wilkins, The Hon. David, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2008), 1 Mar 2007, 313-324     The speaker's experience over the last 20 months that he has been in Canada. A conversation with friends rather than a formal speech, about four pressing issues. Accentuating the positive. The relationship between our two countries on the upswing. The four pressing issues: passports and the requirements of The Western …

 Thorsell, William, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2008), 3 May 2007, 382-391     Toronto, possibly now beginning another cycle of somewhat confident creativity. Considering the generation of the 1950s. The City of Toronto in the 1950s. Recalling Toronto's then new City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square. The installation of the then-controversial sculpture by Henry Moore. More examples of new buildings in Toronto from …

 Cimolino, Antoni, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2008), 15 Jun 2007, 465-480     Reference to Richard Monette, 14 years as Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival. The future. First, a few minutes looking at the past. A history of the Festival. Tom Patterson's vision. The Guthrie theatre. Challenges. Factors beyond control. Government funding. Approaching the future with a team of brilliant artistic directors. …

 Collins, The Most Reverend Thomas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2008), 31 May 2007, 445-456     An Analog Church in a Digital World. Some background of the speaker. Analogy as the idea that what matters if relationship, connectedness, and context. Religion as it reflects an analog vision of reality. How people of faith see the pattern of relationship that reveal the meaning of both the material …

 Jouanneau, His Excellency H. E. Daniel, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2008), 29 Mar 2007, 344-357     The growing importance of Toronto and Ontario for France and why that is so. Welcoming Premier McGuinty's decision to open an Ontario International Marketing Centre in the Canadian Embassy in Paris. France as an excellent gateway to the large European market. France on the eve of major political choices. Electing …

 MacMillan, Dr. Margaret, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2008), 25 May 2007, 415-431     The speaker's book about Nixon's trip to China and why she started to write it. How that trip did make a difference in international relations. The importance of both countries. What happened as a result of that trip. Signalling the end of the Cold War. Why the trip happened. Why …

 Shannon, Kim, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2008), 10 May 2007, 392-400     The Canadian stock market. A few of the negative and doomsday comments about the Canadian stock market. The speaker proceeded by addressing several arguments. Argument #1: Canadian equities have outperformed global indices in the last few years. This is largely due to the run up in commodity prices. Therefore, it …