Initially as interim party leader, Lloyd Walker remained leader of Freedom Party of Ontario from April 12, 1997 until the spring of 2002. This promotional flyer was published at some point between those dates. Continue reading »
Apr 121997
Apr 011997
Contents:
The Common Sense Shuffle The New Dealers and the Common Sense Shuffle; Politics and Poverty; Conference for Concerned Canadians A Success; Fireside Chat with Joe Armstrong; Divisional Court Fines London landlord for discrimination; Free Press defends lack of balance; FP’s Calendar of Canada features hundreds of historical references; Ontario Human Rights Commission produces ‘non-existent’ financial records; FP goes on record against tobacco prohibition; Monteith condemns Canadian drug policies: ‘Tell Washington to buzz off!’; FP refuses compliance with Ontario’s Commission On Election Finances. Continue reading »
Dec 151996
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In this recording, Freedom Party member and former Ontario Vice-president Lloyd Walker calls Jim Chapman, host of “Talk of the Town”, and convinces Chapman that there should be no ban on opening one’s retail store on Boxing Day. On December 16, 1996, Ontario’s legislature passed an amendment to Ontario’s Retail Business Holidays Act which removed Boxing Day from the list of days on which the opening of most retail stores is prohibited). The ban on retail shopping on Boxing Day took effect on December 19, 1996.
Dec 041996
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In this recording, Jim Chapman, host of CJBK AM’s “Talk of the Town” program, is discussing a book by John Booth Davies titled “The Myth of Addiction”. Freedom Party of Ontario executive officer Gord Mood calls-in to argue that, essentially, the use or abuse of a drug is a choice; a matter of free will.
Dec 011996
Contents:
Prepared by Lloyd Walker, this special issue of Consent was a 1997 Calendar, featuring significant Canadian historical notes for each day of the year. Continue reading »
Dec 011996
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In this recording, Freedom Party member Paul Blair calls the host of “Talk of the Town” to oppose government interference on what we watch on TV.
Nov 211996
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In the wake of the Ontario Medical Association’s (OMA) call for a legal ban on smoking tobacco in the private homes of pregnant women or small children (which the OMA calls “a form of child abuse”), Freedom Party president Robert Metz was invited to square off against Dr. Terry Polovoy of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, on ‘Hot Talk’, Radio 98’s daily open-line program hosted by Gord Harris.
Note: This broadcast was reported in Freedom Flyer #31
Nov 041996
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In this recording, Freedom Party executive officer Robert Vaughan calls Jim Chapman, host of London radio CJBK’s “Talk of the Town” program. In his capacity of board of education trustee in London, Vaughan explains that the Chair of Board published a “Just the Facts” brochure which cost the board $7,600.00 to produce and which erroneously stated that it had the support of the entire board of trustees. He calls for a better and more accountable process.
Nov 021996
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In this recording, Freedom Party president Robert Metz calls Jim Chapman, host of London radio CJBK’s “Talk of the Town” program, to discuss the effects of patriating the Canadian constitution and why he is in favour the monarchy.
Nov 011996
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In 1996, Freedom Party executive officer Robert Vaughan was a school board trustee in London, Ontario. In this recording, Vaughan calls the Host of AM 980’s “Hot Talk” program, Gord Harris, to discuss a report that would make physical education mandatory for high-school students.