Canadian Club of Toronto

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Canadian Club (of) Toronto is a speakers' podium in Toronto which meets several times a month to hear speeches given by invited guests from the fields of politics, law, business, the arts and the media.

In the days before radio and television, the Club provided a chance for influential Torontonians to have contact with Canadian and international leaders in a variety of fields. Some speakers to address the club since 2000 are Paul Martin,[1] Stephen Harper,[2] Vladimir Putin,[3] Justin Trudeau,[4] Paul Bremer,[5] Bob Rae,[6] Michael Dell,[7] Jean Charest,[8] John de Chastelain,[9] Hillary Clinton,[10] Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,[11] Margaret Atwood,[12] Karen Kain,[13] The Right Honourable David Johnston,[14] David Frum,[15] Pamela Wallin,[16] David Suzuki,[17] Beverley McLachlin,[18] Dalton McGuinty,[19] Belinda Stronach,[20] David Dodge,[21] Pinball Clemons,[22] Galen Weston Jr.,[23] Louise Arbour,[24] Adrienne Clarkson,[25] Donovan Bailey,[26] Mark Carney[27] and Jack Layton.[28]

Canadian Club has long had a role in Canadian life as an opinion-formation vehicle for some of Toronto's most prominent citizens.

Canadian Club of Toronto was founded in 1897 by a Hamilton journalist.[29] Speeches were initially given in the evening, but starting in 1902, the club moved to its present lunchtime format.[30] In 1903, several members of the Canadian Club, concerned that the club was not sufficiently opposed to the wave of anti-British sentiment being expressed in the wake of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal decision, left the Canadian Club to found the more pro-British Empire Club of Canada.[30]

Today, Canadian Club Toronto hosts events in a number of different formats, but most events use the traditional luncheon style.[31]

References

  1. ↑ "Speeches". Paul Martin. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  2. ↑ "Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  3. ↑ "Canadian Club of Toronto - His Excellency Vladimir Putin". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  4. ↑ "Justin Trudeau delivers speech at Canadian Club in Toronto". CityNews. 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  5. ↑ "Canadian Club of Toronto - Ambassador L. Paul Bremer Iii". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  6. ↑ Bonoguore, Tenille (2006-10-10). "NATO must come to the party, Grits say". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  7. ↑ "Cooperation". Maxires. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  8. ↑ "Québec and the Plan Nord stand out at PDAC 2012". Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  9. ↑ "De Chastelain says peace still attainable in Northern Ireland". CBC News. 2000-06-06. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  10. ↑ "Hillary Rodham Clinton,". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  11. ↑ "Speeches". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  12. ↑ "Canadian Club of Toronto - Margaret Atwood". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  13. ↑ "Podium: Karen Kain/Daniel Hayes". CPAC. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  14. ↑ "Podium: David Johnston". CPAC. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  15. ↑ "David Frum: The State of Political Journalism". The Canadian Journalism Foundation. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  16. ↑ "Canadian Club of Toronto - Pamela Wallin". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  17. ↑ "Dr. David Suzuki, Chair, David Suzuki Foundation". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  18. ↑ "Podium: Beverley McLachlin". CPAC. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  19. ↑ "Premier's Remarks To The Canadian Club Of Toronto". Government of Ontario. 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  20. ↑ "Hon. Belinda Stronach, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development; Minister for Democratic Renewal". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  21. ↑ "Reflections on Developments in the Canadian Financial System". Bank of Canada. 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  22. ↑ "Michael (Pinball) Clemons, Head Coach, Toronto Argonauts". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  23. ↑ "Galen G. Weston, Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  24. ↑ "CO-CEOs of Research in Motion Chosen as Canadians of the Year by the Canadian Club of Toronto". MarketWired. 2006-04-24. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  25. ↑ "Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson Address to the Empire Club of Canada and the Canadian Club of Toronto". Office of the Governor General of Canada. 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  26. ↑ "Media Advisory-Donovan Bailey: Olympian, Businessman and Celebrity Spokesperson for Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada to Address Canadian Club of Toronto". MarketWired. 2005-09-15. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  27. ↑ "Disasters happen when markets dominate, Mark Carney says". Financial Post. 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  28. ↑ "New Democrats Getting Things Done". Empire Club of Canada. 2005-11-07. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  29. ↑ "History". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  30. 1 2 Merifield, Russell (1993). Speaking of Canada: The Centennial History of The Canadian Clubs. Canada: McClelland & Stewart Inc. pp. VIII. ISBN 0-7710-1889-4.
  31. ↑ "Recent Events". Canadian Club of Toronto. Retrieved 2018-08-08.


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