Freedom Flyer (Double Issue, #5 and #6: June, 1985)

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Jun 011985
 

Contents:
Issue #5: First half of 1985 – Freedom in Action; Front Page, Marc Emery, FP Action Director guest on open-line radio; Robert Metz audio tapes on election 1985; Pan-Am update; (Openers) Metz discusses multiple topics from current political events to community involvement; Hear the Voice of Freedom Party, cassette tapes of debates and radio talk shows; No Tax for Pan-Am games campaign successful; Excerpts from Pan-Am newspaper articles (London Free Press); Pan-Am related political cartoons (London Free Press); Excerpts from newspaper articles Pan-Am Games, Capital Gains, Bob Rae on Income Tax (Globe & Mail); Eaton’s Unionization Strike a Failure; Eaton’s Strike a Scam, Garth Turner, Excerpts from newspaper article (Toronto Sun); Freedom and Responsibility in Ontario’s Educational System, details and proposals on education.

Issue #6: Election 1985, Creating a Choice, Political cartoon (London Free Press); Article, FP Campaign Director, Marc Emery; Fringe Parties don’t go anywhere – FP election activities – newspaper excerpts (London Free Press); Freedom Party Candidates 1985; Feminists Avoid Freedom Party; More, No Tax for Pan-Am Victory, history of the campaign, flyer, document and newsletter reprints.

NOTE: Issue 5 of the No Tax for Pan Am Committee Newsletter was included, as an insert, in this double issue. Continue reading »

Freedom vs. Feminism: Marc Emery vs. Heidi Strasser

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May 031985
 

AUDIO – DESCRIPTION:

In 1985, Heidi Strasser was a London area radical feminist and a representative of the London Status of Women Action Group (LSWAG). In the early eighties, LSWAG ran campaigns to ban or otherwise censor the wide range of things it considered “pornography”. As a result, in those years, pornography “dominated the news” in London (in the words of then talk radio host Wayne McLean).

On May 3, 1985, McLean dedicated two hours of his radio program to the issue of feminism versus individual freedom. His guests were Strasser, and then Freedom Party of Ontario Action Director Marc Emery, who opposed censorship.

NOTES: This recording – including the introduction by Freedom Party’s Murray Hopper, which was not part of the original broadcast but was added by Freedom Party – was featured at page four of Issue 5 of “Freedom Flyer”, Freedom Party of Ontario’s newsletter as one of Freedom Party’s “Hear the Voice of Freedom” audio cassette series. This recording was #3 in that series.

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Freedom Party’s First Election Profiled on TV London News (Ontario’s 1985 Provincial Election)

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Apr 251985
 

VIDEO – DESCRIPTION:

During the Ontario provincial election of 1985, TV London news did a report introducing the public to Freedom Party, and its first election. It profiled the three Freedom candidates who ran in that election: Robert Metz, Rob Smink, and Michelle McColm. Discussed: bureaucracy, unions (Eaton’s rejection of union), job-creation schemes, health care, abortion, taxes and more. Continue reading »

Ontario Election: London North candidates debate on Radio 98 (April, 1985)

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Apr 211985
 

1985-fpo-radio-thumbAUDIO – DESCRIPTION:
At least 2 Sundays prior to the May 2, 1985 polling date of the Ontario general election, radio station AM980 (London, Ontario) hosted a half-hour all candidates debate for candidates in the riding of London North, including Freedom Party candidate Rob Smeenk, and the PC, NDP, and Liberal candidates.

Listen to the entire debate:

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Robert Metz and Marc Emery on London’s Taxpayer-funded 1991 Pan Am Games Bid

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Feb 041985
 

1985-fpo-radio-thumbAUDIO – DESCRIPTION:
On February 4, 1985, Darwin Semotiuk (member of London’s 1991 Pan Am Games Bid Committee) and Marc Emery (Freedom Party’s Action Director) were guests of the Wayne McLean Talk Show. The topic: taxpayer funding for London, Ontario’s bid for the 1991 Pan Am Games. McLean first interviews Semotiuk, who fields calls including a rather spirited call from Freedom Party president Robert Metz. Thereafter, Emery is interviewed and fields calls from various other London callers to the program.

 

 

Excerpt – Robert Metz vs. Darwin Semotiuk:

Complete Recording
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No-tax for Pan-Am Games Newsletter (Issue #4 – February, 1985)

 All, No-Tax for Pan-Am Games Newsletter
Feb 011985
 

1985-02-xx.ntfpan-thumbContents:
No-tax for Pan-Am brochure revised and updated; Still time to keep taxes out of Pan-Am 1991; Free Press propaganda machine works overtime to promote Pan-Am Games bid; Can Londoners still prevent being taxed for Pan-Am 1991?; More biased Free Press reporting; How can you help?; Seniors association officially opposes tax use for games; What can we expect from the more tax for Pan-Am Bid Committee in the future?; Is Marc Emery politically motivated or seeking political gain through his stand on taxes for Pan Am?; Are there really enough corporations in Southern Ontario to sponsor the Pan-Am Games without taxes?; Referendum on games?; Send your no-tax cards to your members of federal & provincial governments; Who on City Council is most likely to change their mind?; Letter to the editor: Opponents fo Games not ‘public enemy’; We need your help.

Document Details:

Document: No-tax for Pan-Am Games Newsletter (Issue #4)
Document Dated: February 1985
Publisher: Freedom Party of Ontario (No-tax for Pan-am Committee)
Written by: Marc Emery
Edited by: Robert Metz
Document Type: Party Newsletter
Number of Pages: 10
Page dimensions: 8.5″ x 11″
Color/BW: Full colour

.pdf (7.5 MB) – Internet Quick Download (Searchable): https://freedomparty.on.ca/archive/documents/between-elections-campaigns/no-tax-for-pan-am-games/no-tax-for-pan-am-games-newsletter/1985-02-xx.ntfpag.no-4.internet-quick-download.pdf

.pdf (19.4 MB) – Archive Quality (Searchable Exact): https://freedomparty.on.ca/archive/documents/between-elections-campaigns/no-tax-for-pan-am-games/no-tax-for-pan-am-games-newsletter/1985-02-xx.ntfpag.no-4.pdf

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