Freedom Party’s Ontario Provincial Election 1999 Dinner (May 29, 1999)

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May 291999
 

1999-05-29.dinner-thumbVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:
On May 29, 1999, Freedom Party of Ontario held the second of two dinners that it had held in support of its candidates in the 1999 Ontario provincial election. After an introductory speech by Master of Ceremonies Robert Vaughan, Freedom Party of Ontario founder Robert Metz introduced Mary Lou Gutscher, founder of a party that gave its registered status to Freedom Party in 1984 (Gutscher also was one of the first members of Freedom Party). Thereafter, short speeches were given by some of Freedom Party’s candidates for the 1999 election. Following the candidate speeches, Robert Metz spoke both as the party President and as the candidate for London North Centre. Finally, then party Leader Lloyd Walker (London-Fanshawe) gave the dinner’s closing speech.

The speeches reveal a good number of interesting, historical, and sometimes humourous facts and occurrences. Want to know how Freedom Party got registered, or how it got its name? Want to to know what it was like to be a candidate when the party was just getting started? Want to hear the story about how Mikhail Gorbachev came to own a copy of Ayn Rand’s “Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal”? Want to find out how the press deliberately distorts and disparages Freedom Party candidates? Watch, listen, learn, and laugh a bit.
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Robert Metz – 1999 Ontario General Election: London North Centre All-candidates Debate

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May 281999
 

1999-05-28.metz-london-north-centreVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:
On May 28, 1999, during the Ontario general election, Freedom Party of Ontario president Robert Metz was a candidate in the televised candidate debate for the riding of London North Centre. Other candidates included Andrew J. Jezierski (Family Coalition Party), Dianne Cunningham (Progressive Conservative Party), Jeff Culbert (Green Party), Roger Caranci (Liberal Party), and Marion Boyd (NDP).

Calls from viewers included: leadership ability, tuition hikes, a strong & mandatory Ontarians with Disabilities Act, cuts to health care (including womens’ shelters, hearing impaired, drug rehabilitation).

The moderator was Gord Harris, who concluded by asking each candidate to identify what is the single most important issue brought to each candidate’s attention by constituents, and what is the client’s proposal to deal with that issue. Continue reading »

Paul McKeever – Michael Coren Live!: Salman Rushdie, Islam, Blasphemy and Free Speech

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May 131999
 

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On May 13, 1999, Freedom Party leader Paul McKeever, Paul William Roberts (author), Anwar Syed (Canadian Muslim Civil Liberties Association) and Rukhsana Khan (author), were panelists on Michael Coren Live! (CTS). The topic of discussion: Salman Rushdie (author of “The Satanic Verses”) and the fatwa issued on February 14, 1989 by Iran’s then “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling upon all Muslims to kill Rushdie for having insulted the Prophet Mohammed in “The Satanic Verses”, a book that Khomeini said was “blasphemous against Islam”. Continue reading »

Robert Metz vs. Sid Ryan – Rhonda London LIVE: Are Unions Still Relevant?

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Apr 211999
 

1999-04-21.metz-ryan-thumbVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:
On April 21, 1999, Robert Metz (President, Freedom Party of Ontario) and Sid Ryan (President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Ontario – CUPE) were panelists on an episode of Rhonda London Live. In this episode, the panel discusses a recent strike by Toronto Transit Commission workers and the relevance of unions today. Continue reading »

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