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On March 30, 2000, then Freedom Party spokesperson Paul McKeever, Bernie Farber (Canadian Jewish Congress), Marvin Kurz (legal counsel, B’nai Brith Canada), and David Auston Mercury (criminal lawyer) were the panelists who appeared on Michael Coren Live! with host Michael Coren to discuss a Criminal Code provision that imposes higher sentences for crimes motivated by hate. Continue reading »
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On February 1, 2000, then Freedom Party spokesperson Paul McKeever, Meg Beckel (CEO, Royal Ontario Museum), Tom Fulton (Arts Broadcaster), and Larry Solway (Broadcast Journalist) were the panelists who appeared on Michael Coren Live! with host Michael Coren to discuss the (im)propriety of tax funding for the arts. Continue reading »
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On November 1, 1999, then Freedom Party spokesperson Paul McKeever, Cheryl McConney (host of “Daytime”), Trevor Wilson (diversity strategist), and Adrienne Snow (policy analyst with NFFRE) were panelists on Michael Coren Live! (CTS). The topic of discussion: “racial” (i.e., genetic) diversity in the workplace, and employment equity / affirmative action laws or hiring quotas. Continue reading »
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On August 13, 1999, Robert Metz (President, Freedom Party of Ontario) was a guest of Rhonda London Live. In this episode, Metz and host Rhonda London discuss affirmative action; a complaint by an applicant to the University of Michigan’s law school, who was not admitted – though others with similar qualifications were – because she did not fall into a preferred “racial” group for affirmative action purposes; and the repeal in Ontario of “employment equity” legislation. Rhonda asks: Is affirmative action a step in the right direction, or is it racism? Also a guest in this episode: Daina Green (Labour Advisor, Executive member of the Alliance for Employment Equity). Continue reading »
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On July 28, 1999, Paul McKeever (Freedom Party of Ontario) was a guest of Rhonda London Live. In this episode, McKeever discussed with host Rhonda London a decision by the CRTC not to regulate the Internet, and the issue of hate speech laws versus free speech. Also a guest on this episode: Sol Littman (Simon Wiesenthal Centre). Continue reading »
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On May 25, 1999, during the Ontario provincial election of June 3, 1999, then Freedom Party of Ontario spokesperson (and candidate in the riding of Toronto Centre-Rosedale) Paul McKeever represented the party as a panelists on Michael Coren Live! (CTS). The topic of discussion: the smaller political parties. Note: another panel followed in the second half of the show, which did not include any discussion by or about Freedom Party. Continue reading »
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On May 31, 1999, during the Ontario general election, then Freedom Party leader Lloyd Walker was a candidate in the televised candidate debate for the riding of London-Fanshawe. Other candidates included Frank Mazzilli (Ontario Progressive Conservative Party), Irene Mathyssen (Ontario NDP), Heidi Strasser (Green Party), and Peter Mancini (Ontario Liberal Party) Continue reading »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »