Empire Club of Canada

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...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: The Future of Elder Care in Canada COVID-19 has forced us to question how many current structures in society function, and the values that underpin them. How we care for elders is a striking case in point. In this virtual event, The Empire Club proudly welcomed Linda Knight CEO, CarePartners, and Dr Samir Sinha, Director of Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and Un...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Building Better in 2021 As Canadians begin their long-awaited summer, they have much to cherish, much to mourn and much to confront and reflect upon. Over the past year, we have come together across the land and around the world to survive the first waves of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic killed and harmed too many but brought out the best in...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Getting back to normal – What does it mean and what will it take? With millions of Canadians being vaccinated, and provinces slowly unrolling reopening plans across the country, when does Canada return to normal? What does the new normal look like for everyday Canadians and Canadian companies? Our panelists discuss the challenges we faced in continuing to protec...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Back to the Ballot Box This virtual discussion focused on the Canadian federal election. The event featured a distinguished panel of professionals including  political insiders, the private sector and media. How do the political leaders, Prime Minister Trudeau, Erin O’Toole and Jagmeet Singh, stack up on critical issues related to pandemic response, economic gro...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: The Future is Electric Having delivered one of the world’s single largest climate change actions by closing its coal stations, OPG now looks to the future by investing in new technologies that will drive the clean economy. The company has released its Climate Change Plan, with a commitment to achieving net-zero by 2040 and helping the markets in which it operate...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Getting to Net-Zero: The Role of Canada’s Transportation Sector With Canada’s plan to reach Net-Zero Emissions by 2050, how will we make this happen while continuing to move people and goods from coast-to-coast-to-coast and beyond? Our panelists discussed how Canada’s transportation sector would play an important  role in the low-carbon future. From gasolin...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Confronting Anti-Asian Racism in Canada Since the beginning of COVID-19, we had seen a rise in anti-Asian racism in Canada. Research from the University of Toronto showed that reports of anti-Asian discriminatory incidents had more than tripled over the last year. During the 2021 Asian Heritage Month, The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Pr...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Representation of People with Disability on Screen: A Work in Progress Filmmaker Atom Egoyan is an icon of the Canadian film industry and has seen a lot of changes in the past 35 years. When he began making movies in the mid-’80s, his early features were perceived as examples of a country coming to terms with the complex reality of diversity and multiculturalism...