Jun 011995
 

1995-xx-xx.metzVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:
Aired: 1995 (Lindsays Community TV). With host Jim McKee, and panelists Robert Metz (president, Freedom Party of Ontario), David St. John (Chairman, Victoria County Coalition for Social Justice), Rick Danier (President of the Lindsay District Labour Council), and Don Pennell (leader of the Family Coalition Party). Continue reading »

Aug 221993
 

1993-08-23.metz-thumbVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:

On August 22, 1993, Global news covered a “Marijuana Mardi Gras” event that was held that day at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. Freedom Party of Ontario, opposed to cannabis prohibition, was among the various groups promoting their respective organizations at the event. Freedom Party president Robert Metz was interviewed by Global, and explained the party’s opposition to prohibition. Continue reading »

Jun 011993
 

1993.metz-thumbVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:
In 1993, Inquiry (CFPL TV, London) panelists Robert Metz (President, Freedom Party of Ontario), Louise Karch (Gay Rights Activist), David Brownstone (London AIDS Committee), and Debbie Normand (parent) discuss gay parenting and the defeat of a motion at the London Board of Education to cancel a gay and lesbian parenting workshop from an upcoming family conference. Continue reading »

Apr 231991
 

1991-04-23.frampton-thumbVIDEO – DESCRIPTION:

On April 23, 1991, then Freedom Party of Ontario Regional Vice President William Frampton testified before a Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons on the Process for Amending the Constitution of Canada. “Unless our constitution is so designed as to protect individual rights as opposed to group rights, no number of amendments, referendums, or any other democratic means can possibly address the gross injustices that will inevitably result,” argued Frampton to a committee that was openly hostile to his point of view. “The people of Canada will never be assured of security of their freedom and inalienable rights, unless the most overriding feature of our constitution is a guarantee of fundamental freedoms.” NOTE: Freedom Party of Ontario reported on Frampton’s testimony in Freedom Flyer #19. Continue reading »

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 »