Empire Club of Canada

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Women Who Lead: Acquisitions, Transformations and IPOs, the Women Behind Canada's Biggest Moves Despite the uncertainties of the past year, Canada's business and finance landscape has been marked by transformative moves. Meet the women behind the biggest tech IPO of 2021, the acquisition of one of Canada's most innovative exchanges, and the strategic transformat...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Supporting Families and Growing the Economy: The Importance of a Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care System Since the federal government announced their ambitious plan for a $10-a-day early learning and child care system, nine provinces and three territories have already signed agreements. Through these agreements, the federal government is working to impr...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents:  Toronto’s Waterfront: How to Reach its Full Potential Toronto’s eastern waterfront added 8,000 new residents and 13,000 new jobs in the last decade. The Queens Quay redevelopment added a string of new public parks while recruiting arts and culture institutions, education leaders, and business partners to create a permanent presence on the water’s edge. Flo...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents:  Fueling Canada's Low-Carbon Future Innovation and new technologies are driving Canada toward a low-carbon future. Canadians have more transportation energy options than ever before.   What role does the transportation sector play in meeting Canada’s goal of Net-Zero by 2050? How will we maintain the movement of people and goods across Canada and beyon...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: The Future of Health for Black Canadians As has been brought to light in recent years, any system designed by one does not fit all.  Canada’s healthcare system is no exception.  Like many institutions, the Canadian healthcare system has been recognized for having failed our BIPOC communities in areas such as accessibility, culturally- adapted therapies...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Psychedelics 101 Conversations about the therapeutic potential of Psychedelics are everywhere. From the front page of Toronto Life magazine to research centres at Johns Hopkins, Queen's, and the University of Toronto - research into psychedelics as a potential treatment for mental illness exacerbated by the Pandemic is booming. But what is the real story? The Em...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents:  A Better Way Forward? I Say We Need a Revolution! A conversation with BDC’s President & CEO Isabelle Hudon and Jan De Silva, President & CEO, Toronto Region Board of Trade The past two years have accelerated the pace of disruption. And going back is not an option. Join us in a discussion with Isabelle Hudon, recently appointed President and CEO of...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: The Hon. Todd Smith: Ontario's Energy Advantage From running one of the world’s cleanest energy grids, to delivering Canada’s first commercial, grid-scale Small Modular Reactor (SMR) to making Ontario a more competitive place to do business with lower electricity costs, Ontario’s Energy sector is in a new power play. Join Energy Minister Todd Smith on January 28...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: The Power of Education in Advancing Reconciliation “Education got us into this mess and education will get us out of it.” - The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Education has played a unique and powerful role in Canada’s history in both perpetuating systemic oppression of Indigenous peoples and in helping...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Annual Investment Outlook 2022: Making Money in Volatile Markets Speakers: David Rosenberg, Chief Economist & Strategist, Rosenberg Research & Associates Inc. Thomas Caldwell, Chairman, Caldwell Financial Ltd. Pierre Lassonde, Chairman & CEO, Firelight Investments *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents:  End of Year Speech: Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada Speaker: Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research w...

The Empire Club of Canada is proud to announce the 2021 Nation Builder of the Year Award is awarded to Chief Perry Bellegarde, First Nations leader and human rights advocate at a special virtual event on December 9, 2021. The Empire Club of Canada is proud to announce the 2021 Nation Builder of the Year Award is awarded to Chief Perry Bellegarde, First Nations leader and human rights advocate at a...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Open Banking: An Essential Choice for Canadians Open Banking is not about banks. It is about our society, consumer choice, data rights, personal enrichment and how we as Canadians wish to conduct our financial and digital lives. Freedom and choice are why governments in the UK, European Union, Singapore and Australia have already mandated Open Banking for their...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Unlocking Housing in Ontario: In Conversation with Minister Steve Clark On How Ontario is Partnering with Municipalities to Make it Easier to Build the Right Mix of Homes The Hon. Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, will discuss key issues regarding housing and affordability facing Ontarians today. This includes how the province is working to...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Canada’s Video Game Industry - A National Champion Making a Global Impact Canada’s video game industry has quietly grown into one of the largest and most successful in the world.  Over the past 25 years many of the largest and most well-known studios have made Canada home. With hubs in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto, the industry continues to spread its re...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Rebuilding For The Better: Boosting The Bottom Line Through Workplace Retirement Plans Workplace retirement plans are about more than providing improved financial security to Canadian workers in retirement. In fact, there is strong evidence to suggest that workplace retirement plans also offer a business advantage to employers as well as value to the overall eco...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Remembrance Day Reflection: The Story of the World War 2 SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE (SOE) Today, hundreds of thousands of young people are responding to a global crisis - that of climate change and ecological collapse. In the 1930s, the world also faced a global crisis - the rise of militant imperialist and racist ideologies, in particular the rise of Nazi Ger...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Realizing the Potential: The Role of Hydrogen in Canadian Transportation Canada needs energy solutions that advance human and economic development while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen plays an important role on Canada’s path to carbon neutrality and low-carbon solutions for transportation. Our country has the potential to be a world leader in the pr...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Transforming Health Care Beyond the Pandemic Canadians take a great deal of pride in their health care system. But the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated many long standing challenges in care, particularly for seniors, under-served populations and those in need of mental health and addictions services. Matthew Anderson, President and CEO of Ontario Health discusses&n...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Ageing At Home: Is It An Affordable Option? The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have caused many Canadians to re-think where they want to age, with 91% now reporting they plan to remain in their own homes for as long as possible. Despite this overwhelming preference to age in place, many older adults are financially unprepared for a safe and comfortable retirem...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Fall 2021 P3 Market Update with the Hon. Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure The Hon. Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, shared the latest about public-private partnerships (P3s) infrastructure projects in the Fall 2021 Market Update. Released quarterly, Infrastructure Ontario’s P3 Market Update is a list of public infrastructure projects in...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Tales from the Campaign Trail - Majority or Bust? Please watch this virtual discussion that breaks down the Canadian federal election. The event features a panel of political insiders and experts that are on the road with their leader or running the show from the campaign war room. The panelists share stories from the campaign and provide insights into what just...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: How Canada's Changing Privacy Landscape Will Impact Business, Consumers, and You The Government of Canada's proposed changes to Canada's existing national privacy framework (Bill C-11) died on the Order Paper when the election was called. The need for modernization and a national approach have not changed. Given the opportunity to update that plan, how should th...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Canadian Leaders Prioritizing Talent, Health and Technology to Emerge Stronger While the COVID-19 pandemic has not impacted all organizations and industries equally, it has forced all leaders to reassess what is important and prioritize. Hear how leaders are prioritizing talent and technology to enable agility through disruptions and position their companies for...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: The Role of the Aviation Sector on Toronto’s Economic Recovery   This virtual discussion focused on the critical economic impact of the Toronto Island airport to the successful restart of Ontario’s urban visitor economy.   The event featured Neil Pakey, CEO of Nieuport Aviation, owner and operator of the passenger terminal at Billy Bishop Toronto City...