Canadian Club Toronto

The Canadian Club of Toronto was founded in 1897 to encourage interest in Canadian public affairs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/AboutUs/History.aspx|title=History|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} It subsequently developed a role as an opinion-formation vehicle for some of Toronto's most prominent citizens.

Speeches were initially given in the evening, but starting in 1902, the club moved to its present lunchtime format. 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.{{Cite book|title=Speaking of Canada: The Centennial History of The Canadian Clubs|last=Merifield|first=Russell|publisher=McClelland & Stewart Inc.|year=1993|isbn=0-7710-1889-4|location=Canada|pages=VIII|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/speakingofcanada0000meri}}

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. Today, the club hosts events in a number of different formats, but most events use the traditional luncheon style.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/RecentEvents.aspx|title=Recent Events|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-08}}

Speakers that addressed the club since 2000 have included Paul Martin,{{Cite web|url=http://www.paulmartin.ca/speeches/|title=Speeches|website=Paul Martin|access-date=2018-08-16}} Stephen Harper,{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx?id=3045|title=Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} Vladimir Putin,{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx|title=Canadian Club of Toronto - His Excellency Vladimir Putin|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} Justin Trudeau,{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2015/05/11/justin-trudeau-delivers-speech-at-canadian-club-in-toronto/|title=Justin Trudeau delivers speech at Canadian Club in Toronto|date=2015-05-11|website=CityNews|access-date=2018-08-16}} Paul Bremer,{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx|title=Canadian Club of Toronto - Ambassador L. Paul Bremer Iii|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} Bob Rae,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nato-must-come-to-the-party-grits-say/article1106992/|title=NATO must come to the party, Grits say|last=Bonoguore|first=Tenille|date=2006-10-10|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2018-08-16}} Michael Dell,{{Cite web|url=http://www.maxires.com/famous-quotes/cooperation/|title=Cooperation|website=Maxires|access-date=2018-08-16}} Jean Charest,{{Cite web|url=https://mern.gouv.qc.ca/english/mines/quebec-mines/2012-06/plannord.asp|title=Québec and the Plan Nord stand out at PDAC 2012|website=Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles|access-date=2018-08-16}} John de Chastelain,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/de-chastelain-says-peace-still-attainable-in-northern-ireland-1.250025|title=De Chastelain says peace still attainable in Northern Ireland|date=2000-06-06|website=CBC News|access-date=2018-08-16}} Hillary Clinton,{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx?id=3263|title=Hillary Rodham Clinton,|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/section/historical-papers-doents/speeches/page/101/?tag=gloria-macapagal-arroyo%2F|title=Speeches|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|access-date=2018-08-16}} Margaret Atwood,{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx|title=Canadian Club of Toronto - Margaret Atwood|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} Karen Kain,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/podium/episodes/90004782|title=Podium: Karen Kain/Daniel Hayes|website=CPAC|access-date=2018-08-16}} The Right Honourable David Johnston,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/podium/episodes/24283845|title=Podium: David Johnston|website=CPAC|access-date=2018-08-16}} David Frum,{{Cite web|url=http://cjf-fjc.ca/j-talks/david-frum-state-political-journalism|title=David Frum: The State of Political Journalism|website=The Canadian Journalism Foundation|access-date=2018-08-16}} Pamela Wallin,{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx|title=Canadian Club of Toronto - Pamela Wallin|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} David Suzuki,{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx?id=3000|title=Dr. David Suzuki, Chair, David Suzuki Foundation|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} Beverley McLachlin,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/podium/episodes/15991552|title=Podium: Beverley McLachlin|website=CPAC|access-date=2018-08-16}} Dalton McGuinty,{{Cite web|url=https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2009/2/premiers-remarks-to-the-canadian-club-of-toronto.html|title=Premier's Remarks To The Canadian Club Of Toronto|date=2009-02-03|website=Government of Ontario|access-date=2018-08-16}} Belinda Stronach,{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2958|title=Hon. Belinda Stronach, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development; Minister for Democratic Renewal|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} David Dodge,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2007/12/reflections-developments-canadian-financial-system/|title=Reflections on Developments in the Canadian Financial System|date=2007-12-10|website=Bank of Canada|access-date=2018-08-16}} Pinball Clemons,{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2928|title=Michael (Pinball) Clemons, Head Coach, Toronto Argonauts|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} Galen Weston Jr.,{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianclub.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx?id=3116|title=Galen G. Weston, Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited|website=Canadian Club of Toronto|access-date=2018-08-02}} Louise Arbour,{{Cite web|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/co-ceos-research-in-motion-chosen-as-canadians-year-the-canadian-club-toronto-590690.htm|title=CO-CEOs of Research in Motion Chosen as Canadians of the Year by the Canadian Club of Toronto|date=2006-04-24|website=MarketWired|access-date=2018-08-16}} Adrienne Clarkson,{{Cite web|url=http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4557|title=Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson Address to the Empire Club of Canada and the Canadian Club of Toronto|date=2005-09-14|website=Office of the Governor General of Canada|access-date=2018-08-16}} Donovan Bailey,{{Cite web|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/media-advisory-donovan-bailey-olympian-businessman-celebrity-spokesperson-big-brothers-555329.htm|title=Media Advisory-Donovan Bailey: Olympian, Businessman and Celebrity Spokesperson for Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada to Address Canadian Club of Toronto|date=2005-09-15|website=MarketWired|access-date=2018-08-16}} Mark Carney{{Cite web|url=https://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/disasters-happen-when-markets-dominate-carney|title=Disasters happen when markets dominate, Mark Carney says|date=2012-05-01|website=Financial Post|access-date=2018-08-16}} and Jack Layton.{{Cite web|url=http://speeches.empireclub.org/62911/data|title=New Democrats Getting Things Done|date=2005-11-07|website=Empire Club of Canada|access-date=2018-08-16}}

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