This is one of two versions of Murray Hopper’s “The Failure of the Welfare State” issue paper. The two versions were published on the following dates:
v. 1: April, 1984
v. 2: July, 1985
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Jul 011985
Jul 011985
This is one of five versions of John Cossar’s “Taxation and You” issue paper. The five versions were published on the following dates:
v. 1: April, 1984
v. 2: April, 1984
v. 3: July, 1985
v. 4: July, 1993
v. 5: July, 1993
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Jul 011985
This is one of three versions of Murray Hopper’s “Healthcare: The Hawkesbury Solution” issue paper. The three versions were published on the following dates:
v. 1: April, 1984
v. 2: July, 1985
v. 3: not dated (insert in another publication)
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Jul 011985
This is one of four versions of Marc Emery and Robert Metz’s “Censorship: in a ‘Free’ Society?” issue paper. The four versions were published on the following dates:
v. 1: April, 1984
v. 2 (re-titled “Your Freedom of Choice: Censored”): July, 1985
v. 3: November, 1992
v. 4: November, 1992
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Jun 171985
Contents:
Freedom Party’s campaign against taxpayer funding for the 1991 Pan Am Games met with success in June of 1985. Otto Jelinek, Canada’s Minister of State, Fitness, and Amateur Sport, announced that the federal government would not fund the 1991 Pan Am Games. Without federal tax funding, the London bid committee’s bid to host the 1991 Pan Am Games would fail.
Freedom Party’s No Tax for Pan Am Committee had distributed cards to Londoners which they could sign and send to Jelinek, asking that the games not be funded with federal tax revenues. Jelinek replied Robert Metz’s card with this letter, advising that there would be no federal funding for the games. Continue reading »
Jun 051985
Contents:
Victory!; Thanks!; More-Tax for Pan-Am committee launching own door-to-door campaign; Indianapolis taxpayers association defeates taxes for 1987 Pan-Am games; No-Tax for Pan-Am Committee receives over 1,000 cards and letters of support; Our Pan-Am phone survey finds 70% opposed to tax financing for games; We were right!; More-tax for Games lobby opens booth in City Centre Mall; Controller Ron Annis suggests way for Bid Committee to deal with “ignorant, misinformed” opposition; The disease is spreading; Names and contact information of local politicians who voted in favour of Pan-Am 1991 tax funding; We finally make a convert!; The Mayor responds to one of our supporters…and we respond to him; Pan-Am Games could be held in London southwestern Ontario without building expensive white elephants; Some interesting facts on the 1988 Calgary Olympics; Effects of the Pan-Am Games; Expo disaster after Expo disaster.
Document Details:
Document: No-tax for Pan-Am Games Newsletter (Issue #5) – Victory Edition
Document Dated: March-June 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: 16
Page dimensions: 8.5″ x 11″
Color/BW: Full colour
.pdf (10.7 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/1985-03-to-06-xx.ntfpag.no-5.internet-quick-download.pdf
.pdf (29.4 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/1985-03-to-06-xx.ntfpag.no-5.pdf
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 »
Apr 011985
A Freedom Party of Ontario promotional flyer used during Ontario’s general election of 1985. Continue reading »
Mar 011985
This is one of two versions of Murray Hopper’s “Socialism and the War on Wealth” issue paper. The publication dates of the two versions were:
v.1: March, 1985
v.2: September, 1993 Continue reading »
Mar 011985
This is Robert Metz’s “Freedom of Choice in Abortion” issue paper. Continue reading »