Whereas, with the approval of the assembly of Wednesday Night Wise Persons, we are pleased to appoint you honourable recipient of the Order of Wednesday Night
In recognition of your indispensable role as the Genesis of Wednesday Night, your wise and valued contributions over many years to discourse on all topics and especially those of economics and international trade, your perceptive analysis of public policy issues, and your unwavering moral compass
By these presents we do appoint you Chief Companion of said Order and authorize you to hold and enjoy the dignity of such appointment together with membership in the said Order and all privileges thereunto pertaining
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Tue 11/20/01 2:36 PM
... this note from his former McGill secretary along to you. In early May, Carl was
found on the floor of his apartment. We had become worried when he didn't
show up for his first lecture in a summer course and the next day someone
from the faculty went to check up on him (thank God!), he had suffered a
stroke.
I hope all is well with you, and yours.
Warmest regards, Helen Van Eyk [vaneyk@management.mcgill.ca]
I would like to update you on Carl Beigie's condition since the last news
in August. He is now recovering at home in Toronto after five months of
rehab at the Riverdale Hospital. He is still paralyzed on his left side,
but his movement has been improving at a noticeable pace. After using a
wheelchair to get around, he is now able to walk with the help of a cane.
Carl phoned me on Monday, Nov. 12 to let me know that he was finally going
to have the operation to repair the hole in his heart. The operation,
which he said is fairly routine, was to be performed on Thursday, Nov. 15
and he was supposed to be back home the next day. He also told me he had
carcinoma on his face and that it has been removed successfully.
Carl sounds really good. His speech is improving each time I speak to him,
and he is in very good spirits. He is really touched to hear about all the
students, colleagues, and friends who have asked about him; I have passed
all your messages on to him.
If anyone would like to send him a card or note, or would like to phone
him, just let me know and I will give you his coordinates.
Thank you for asking about Carl, and I will keep you informed of any
further developments on his condition.
Mon 8/20/01 11:44 AM
Hi All,
This is to update you on Carl Beigie's condition. He has been in a
hospital in Toronto that specializes in stroke victims. I spoke to him
last week for the first time since his stroke. He sounded pretty good
although his speech is slightly slurred, and his mood was upbeat and
positive. He informed me that the doctors found a small hole in his heart
and he will have an operation to repair it. He says the operation is not a
major one; it is a standard procedure. After that, he will be released
from the hospital and continue his rehab as an out-patient. He is still
paralyzed on his left side, but he does have some movement.
Our former professor, Ian McLachlin, visited Carl last week in the hospital
in Toronto. He said he looked remarkably well. He said that Carl is
working with a speech therapist who has him reading Shakespeare sonnets
aloud.
Thank you all for asking about Carl, and I will update you on any future
news on his condition.
Lorraine
McGill University
Faculty of Management
BA: Muskingum College, Ohio; LLD: Doctor of Laws, University of Windsor. Attended
M.I.T. as a graduate student in Economics, 1962-66.
Carl Beigie joined the McGill Faculty of Management in 1973, where he was an Adjunct
Professor until 1990. He has recently returned to the Faculty to lecture in Canada-US
Business Relations and Global Competitiveness.
Carl Beigie has extensive and widely varied business experience in Canada. He came to
Canada in 1971 where he joined the Private Planning Association of Canada as its Executive
Director. In 1973 he became the founding Executive Director of the C.D. Howe Institute,
where he later served as President until leaving in 1982. From 1983 to 1988, Mr. Beigie
was Director and Chief Economist at Dominion Securities. From 1988 to 1991, he was Chief
Economist at McLean McCarthy, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank.
Mr. Beigie has taught at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of
Toronto, where he was Academic Director of the Executive MBA Program from 1989 to 1992 and
Adjunct Professor of Business Economics from 1982 to 1992. In the 1981/82 academic year,
he was appointed Claude T. Bissell Visiting Professor in Canada-United States Relations at
the University of Toronto.
Over the years, Mr. Beigie has been a frequent speaker on a wide range of economic
policy topics throughout Canada. His articles have won a National Business Writing Award
and the Adolph G. Abramson Award of the National Association of Business Economics.
He has served for many years as Chairman of the Board of the Canadian Foundation for
Economic Education and was a Director of the Ontario Housing Corporation, the
International Bank of Japan (Canada), Oakwood Petroleums and Fraser Papers.
Mr. Beigie has consulted for a number of Canadian corporations, served on numerous
private and public sector advisory panels, and participated in several governmental task
forces.
Doctor of Laws, University of Windsor
Mr. Beigie has taught at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of Toronto, where he was Academic Director of the Executive MBA Program from 1989 to 1992 and Adjunct Professor of Business Economics from 1982 to 1992. In the 1981/82 academic year, he was appointed Claude T. Bissell Visiting Professor in Canada-United States Relations at the University of Toronto.
2-4 JUNE 1995 THE CANADIAN ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
November 25, 1999 The CABE National Members' Roundtable Carl Beigie. — McGill University — will lead a discussion focusing particularly on Canada/US and Canada in the Americas, business relations. In terms of the many facets of Canada/Us business relations - currency, trade agreements, transport - where are we and where do we need to be in a decade.
from A History of the C.D. Howe Institute
1970s
Heading up the newly reconstituted organization was the brilliant young economist Carl E. Beigie. In his youth a preacher in his native United States, Beigie became the eloquent public face of HRI. Together with a talented group of researchers that included Gail Cook, Judith Maxwell, Joshua Mendelsohn, Caroline Pestieau, Richard Shaffner, and Gennifer Sussman, Beigie greatly expanded the scope of HRI’s research and publications programs. Energy, fiscal policy, labour policy, and monetary policy were just some of the new areas in which the Institute’s expertise began to be applied.
Wednesday-Night
Every Wednesday since 1982 ...their first special guest was Dr. Carl Beigie who was truely a VIP and gave the WEDNESDAY NIGHT SALON its beginning and rarely missed a night in over 18 years.
Taken from the Salon Story
...
She (The Chief Wife) did not know the dismal science, nor the ways of the market place nor the money changers so she did conspire with the Chief Wazir, the Caliph Carl, who was held in highest esteem at seats of learning throughout the land and together they did enact a clever plan to entertain their Ruler with weekly pageants wherein the company was selected from among the wisest in the land and would meet for gentle discourse amidst flagons of refreshing juices.
Taken from the 1001 nights
We of the Wednesday Night Salon have our own tales of Survivors, - 20 years' worth, - from the earliest days in 1981 when a half dozen individuals gathered around the dining room table for late dinner with Carl Beigie.. The dinner concept did not survive.
Soon, we progressed to the living room for a restrained gathering, a glass or two of wine and some fine discussions of the Market in the company of brokers and economists - and always Carl Beigie.
from wednesday-night.com/Wed1000.htm the 1000th.
The Nicholsons --Soiree of Wednesday --August 2, 1995
--the 700 anniversary of these consecutive soirees.
The special guest for the occasion was his "Honor the Mayor of Montreal
--
Monsieur Pierre Bourque".
Before I give a short account of the evening, I would like to write a few
words on Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson. Diana and David as known to their friends
and guests. The anniversary date is always a good opportunity to look back
and view the events from a different point of view i.e. in hindsight. When
David and Diana started these unique soirees --long long long time
ago...almost 14 years ago...their first special guest was Dr. Carl Beigie
--the US Made Economist who was residing then with the Nicholsons
family--in Canada. 14 years by Sam Totah
Some of Carl type Wednesday-Nights
22 April, 1998 #842Interest rates The U.S. Government is going to retire $50 B of debt. Debt is going down 5.5%. The concern is that the Japanese will sell U.S. bonds and dollars. Carl Beigie is of the opinion that Alan Greenspan will leave interest rates alone.
with Ed Broadbent #725 JANUARY 31, 1996 by Sam Totah ..Besides the Hon. Ed Broadbent --we had as principal guests: Messrs. John Ciaccia --the politician from the Liberal Party (Quebec), Mr. Julius Grey lawyer, & professor. The economist Carl Beigie was present and professors from the major English speaking universities in Montreal. Mr. Peter Trent--mayor of Westmount ! We numbered about 30-35 people
Wed #970 October 4th, 2000
Dr. Hugh Scott intro. wife, Paule Ouimet, "super hospital" cost $1.2 billion, Glen save 15 minutes; Diana & Dominique Strauss-Kahn story What's a $ Billion Yvette Biondi, proud mother, intro. son Frédéric Laurin, MBA Strasbourg, Guy Stanley intro. Katleen Félix, Sam Totah intro Sandra Cohen Rose and her husband, Colin & David Culver & Pauline Marois in media
Wed #966 September 6, 2000 ..Al Gore ahead ..Misha Crnobrnja, Germain Gibara, Guy Stanley, David Oliver, Jonases, ...Slobodan Milosevic? ..MILLENNIUM PEACE SUMMIT ...millennium classroom.. The market Nortel Marilyn Cox, Ysobel Trujillo, Rren & Cristina, Gerald Ratzer, Ron Meisels by Herbert Bercovitz PhotoLoft
Wed #959 19th July 2000 Dr. John Saba Space Law
Dr. Paul Saba Medic & brother intro by Sam Totah CIVIIL AVIATION, First Nations Matthew Coon Come's election CANADA no lack of imagination except in Money people Dr. Des Morton; Queen Mum, Yvette Biondi, Guy Stanley, Frank Kruzich & Elizabeth Wojtowicz; Eric Hamovitch, Mac Mercer see 959 pan on Yahoo Alubm
#951 May 24, 2000 Annie Richer, from Radio Canada. China and the W.T.O. and MicroGates Robert Russel & Jean Townsend .. Lucienne Kroha MICROSOFT Warren Allmand break-ups maintain competition Guy Stanley, Gerald Ratzer & DTN = very bad. Stock market concern Chil Heward ..CHINA AND THE WTO Tony Deutsch, to sabbatical Jacques Clément Cda good John Ciaccia, Peter F. Trent, & Germain Bourgeois, Misha Crnobrnja, Dr. Hans Black agreeed with Julius Grey, Dr. Lucy Kroha Margaret Lefebvre, Harry Mayerovitch see also [abc]
get latest News from China 
Rex Murphy boat people
Allmand on 'The Battle of Seattle' III ..Media and Simon Potter,.. MERRY MILLENNIUM, ..John Ciaccia piano Robert Ackerman with Diamonds & a Masonite (a silicon-carbon
compound).. Greg Block, US Dir. NAFTA Com. Env. Robert Landori-Hoffman with Ed & Gus Mercaldo, John Manley movie? a cda 1st e-mail!... Globalism is great Warren Allmand ..only 1,000 were zealots, Luddites /40,000 protesting ..US set and raise minimum labour standards ...Right to Dissent Prof Guy Stanley, .. Hospital is subsidized unfair ..Editor Bernard Shapiro
926 1 Dec 99 Riots in Seattle at the W.T.O, power of the people?, with solutions, Tony Deutsch, Guy Stanley WTO.. Yvette Biondi, Holly Jonas, June Riley Aislin Walkies ...The Referendum
November 24, 1999 #925 selling our excess fresh water Tony Deutsch, Guy Stanley WTO
Yvette Biondi ..800,000 Quebeckers receive social assistance ..Ed Broadbent on kids in poverty .. ideas Holly Jonas ..9th year US expansion Dr. Marc Hoper .. Quebec Medical system June Riley, Jacques Clément
AC + CP Air August 25, 1999 #912 T/O Air Canada and Canadian by ONEX. with Robin Wohnsigl vp ... Eaton's ? Claude Gagné, introduced by Guy Stanley. ..
Alex's visitor, Gregory Beachman ..
Brian Morel intro Achille Michaud Gerry Schwartz Onex Pres ..
May 19 1999 898 with Me Donald Bunker in from Dubai ..Russia-
Marika Pruska-Carroll ,.Singapore .. Tax ..Stk Mkt David doubts it ... pan photo
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