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In this cablecast and newscast from December 3, 1984, Freedom Party supporters, organized as the No Tax for Pan Am Games Committee, are seen holding up signs (at London City Hall, during a council meeting) in opposition to London using tax revenues to pay for the hosting of the 1991 Pan Am Games. This recording ends with snippet from a separate newscast that was recorded on the same video tape. Continue reading »
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In late fall of 1984, during Freedom Party of Ontario’s “No Tax for Pan Am Games” campaign – opposing taxpayer funding of a London, Ontario bid to host the 1991 Pan Am Games – CBC’s Monitor program did a profile of those in favour of the bid, and those opposed to funding for the bid. Freedom Party’s campaign was initiated by Freedom Party Action Director Marc Emery, who is interviewed. Also interviewed is Gord Hume, then chair of the Pan Am bid committee. Continue reading »
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Approximately one month after the July 17, 1984 commencement of the distribution of Freedom Party of Ontario Action Director Marc Emery’s “Say No to the City Council Bid for the 1991 Pan Am Games” flyer, Emery is interviewed on a local London television station about the progress of the campaign. Continue reading »
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Freedom Party of Ontario’s Gord Mood (red shirt, seated) and Robert Metz (standing, speaking) appear in this 1984 news story about a meeting of the 1991 Pan Am Games bid committee that was held at the Public Library in London, Ontario. Continue reading »
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In this TV London News story from July of 1984, Freedom Party Action Director Marc Emery is reported to be distributing a letter he wrote opposing taxpayer funding for a bid – primarily by London business persons – to have London host the 1991 Pan Am Games. Continue reading »
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In the early 1980s, members of a radical feminist group called the London Status of Women Action Group sent out a letter to London businesses falsely claiming that child pornography was being sold at stores in London. When a federal commission on pornography and prostitution (the Fraser Committee) held a hearing in London, Ontario on February 9, 1984, Freedom Party president Robert Metz and Freedom Party action director Marc Emery testified. Emery offered $500 to anyone who could find child pornography being sold in a London store. Nobody ever claimed the money. The “child porn” false allegation was being used in an effort to censor adult erotica magazines. Continue reading »
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In 1984, Freedom Party of Ontario President Robert Metz was interviewed about the founding, nature, goals, and plans of the party. Continue reading »