“Alternative Party Leaders” Debate (Ontario provincial election 1990, Rogers)

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Sep 011990
 

1990-09-xx.metz-thumb.2VIDEO – DESCRIPTION:

In September of 1990, during Ontario’s general election, Rogers held a televised leaders debate that included all but the three leaders whose parties most recenty held seats in Ontario’s Legislature. Debaters: Robert Metz (then leader, Freedom Party of Ontario), Elizabeth Rowley (Communist Party), Jim Harris (Green Party), James Stock (Libertarian Party), and Louis di Rocco (Family Coalition Party). Hosted by David Schatzky. Questions from callers: How would each party get AIDs medicines to patients without patients having to pay the high cost of those medicines; What would each party do about funding to public schools?; What is the Family Coalition Party’s position on homosexuality?; What would the Green Party do with respect to garbage and energy lost with our waste?; Where do the candidates stand on the issue of Sunday shopping?; What is Freedom Party’s position on the right to recall (i.e., unseat) MPPs when they do not keep their problems?; Is the Libertarian party committed to more funding for police forces to “combat the rampant drug problem in this province”?; What kind of program does the Communist Party have?; What is each party’s position on multiculturalism?; What is each party’s position on rent controls?; What is each party’s position on immigration?; What is each party’s position on abortion?; What is each party’s position on Worker’s Compensation? Continue reading »

Freedom Party of Ontario’s “Election ’90” Dinner

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Aug 251990
 

1990-08-25.election-90.thumbVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:

On August 25, 1990, Freedom Party held a dinner at the Western Fairgrounds in London, Ontario in anticipation of the September 6, 1990 Ontario provincial general election. Freedom Party’s Jack Plant (who would become the party’s leader in 1994) MC’d the event. Some of Freedom Party’s 1990 election candidates gave speeches at the event, including: Jack Plant, Lloyd Walker, Barry Malcolm, Bill Frampton, Joe Byway, Ray Monteith, David Pengelly, and Chris Balabanian. Thereafter, Marc Emery (Freedom Party’s Action Director), Robert Metz (Freedom Party’s then-leader, and candidate), and Mary Lou Gutscher (Freedom Party) gave speeches in support of the party, its members, its candidates, and its vision. Continue reading »

Profits, Plunder & the Environment (FPO brunch with Dr. Walter Block)

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Oct 291989
 

1989-10-29.block-thumbVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:

On October 29, 1989, Freedom Party of Ontario held a brunch at the Regal Constellation Hotel in Toronto (900 Dixon Road). The party’s guest speaker was Dr. Walter Block, in his capacity as Chief Economist with Vancouver-based Fraser Institute. Block attended to shine light on economics, capitalism, and the environment from the perspective of the Austrian School of economics. Block’s speech is here provided for its historical and economic value, and not for its philosophical message (which runs contrary to Freedom Party’s: whereas Block is libertarian/anti-state, Freedom Party is pro-freedom).

Also included in this video: Professor William H. Peterson’s introduction of Walter Block; Mary Lou Gutscher’s speech about (among other things) how Freedom Party came about; and Freedom 200 pins being awarded to 6 Freedom Party contributors, including Jack Plant, who would years later become the leader of the party.

NOTE: Dr. Block’s speech was transcribed and reprinted in the pages of Freedom Party’s publication Consent (issues 13, 14, 15, and 17).

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Michael Emerling’s “New Art of Political Persuasion” Workshop

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Sep 231989
 

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On September 22, 1989, Freedom Party kicked off a weekend political workshop with a dinner. The workshop was held on September 23, 24, and 25. The dinner, and the workshop, were held at the then Park Lane Hotel in London, Ontario. Titled the “New Art of Political Persuasion Workshop”, the workshop was led by political advisor Michael Emerling (a.k.a., Michael Cloud), who was also a guest speaker at the dinner. It was Emerling’s second workshop for Freedom Party of Ontario (the first being held in 1986). The dinner and workshop were video taped and their entirety. Continue reading »

Michael Emerling’s “New Art of Political Persuasion” Dinner

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Sep 221989
 

1989-09-22.emerlingVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:

On September 22, 1989, Freedom Party kicked off a weekend political workshop with a dinner. The workshop was held on September 23, 24, and 25. The dinner, and the workshop, were held at the then Park Lane Hotel in London, Ontario. Titled the “New Art of Political Persuasion Workshop”, the workshop was led by political advisor Michael Emerling (a.k.a., Michael Cloud), who was also a guest speaker at the dinner. It was Emerling’s second workshop for Freedom Party of Ontario (the first being held in 1986). The dinner and workshop were video taped and their entirety. Continue reading »

Freedom Party of Ontario’s “Agenda ’89-’90” Dinner

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Jun 031989
 

1989-06-03.dinner-thumbVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:

On June 3, 1989, Freedom Party of Ontario held an “Agenda ’89-’90” dinner. Master of Ceremonies Bill Frampton gave a toast to freedom before introducing then Freedom Party of Ontario leader Robert Metz, who gave a speech and showed attendees recent media coverage received by the party. A question-and-answer session followed, with questions and comments being made by Bill Frampton, Marc Emery, David Pengelly, Barry Fitzgerald, Mary Lou Gutscher, and others. Continue reading »

Marc Emery debates Burghardt and Bradley re: government intervention in the economy

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Jan 151989
 

1988-01-14.inquiry-emery-thumbVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:
On January 15, 1989, Marc Emery (then Action Director of Freedom Party of Ontario and owner/operator of City Lights bookstore in London Ontario), Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley, and London Ontario’s then Deputy Mayor Jack Burghardt were panelists on the television program Inquiry. They debated the pros and cons of government intervention in the economy. Continue reading »

News (June 12, 1988): Marc Emery Released from Jail

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Jun 121988
 

1988-06-12.emery-released-thumbVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:

On June 12, 1988, TV London News reported the June 10, 1988 release of then Freedom Party of Ontario Action Director Marc Emery from the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre in London, Ontario. He had been jailed for approximately 4 days for refusing to pay a $500.00 fine, which was imposed upon him because he intentionally staffed his book store (City Lights) with more than three individuals on a Sunday, contrary to Ontario’s then-existing laws against retail business on Sundays (a law imposed in 1975 by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party). Continue reading »

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