R.P. Sims: The state of agriculture in Canada; the capacity and constraints in meeting future food demand. The potential for assisting in meeting their increasing demand.
Professor A.M Taylor (Geography and Political Science) forecasts what the year 2001 might bring. Two scenarios are discussed. The first scenario refers to India's prospects in the year 2001 with regard to energy and food consumption. The second scenario looks at Canada's prospects in the year 2000.
M.K.Schumaker: Discussion of recent accusations that the biblical tradition is the chief spiritual cause of the current environmental crisis; respects in which it is justified; respects in which it is not.
R.H. Clark: The content and conclusions of the two reports are contrasted and criticized. The factors affecting world stability are considered as an introduction to the succeeding lectures on the subject.