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Years prior to the founding of Freedom Party of Ontario, Marc Emery calls into the Wayne McLean radio talk show to comment about sex offenders.
Apr 061981
Apr 021981
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Years prior to the founding of Freedom Party of Ontario, Marc Emery calls into the Wayne McLean radio talk show to comment about religion. He asserts that reason contradicts religion. He focuses on the method by which a person distinguishes true from false (i.e., epistemology).
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Mar 271981
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Years prior to the founding of Freedom Party of Ontario, Robert Metz calls into the Wayne McLean radio talk show to comment about the patriation of Canada’s constitution, and the socialist orientation of Canada’s then-Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
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Sep 191980
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Years prior to the founding of Freedom Party of Ontario, Robert Metz was a weekly contributor a program called Access 96, broadcasted on CFPL FM 96 in London, Ontario. In this broadcast, Robert speaks against a $6M federal ad campaign to promote national unity. Metz speaks of individual rights of life, liberty, and property versus collective “rights”. Metz states that the purpose of a constitution is to protect citizens from abuse of power by the government, and he expresses concern for the future should the proposed constitutional amendments be made..
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Sep 051980
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A radio editorial by Georgie Banks, who gives her opinions about Marc Emery’s new weekly newspaper, The London Tribune. She notes that the paper, on its first day of publication, broke a new story about a scandal at the London Art Gallery.
Sep 041980
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A “close-up” profile by radio CJBK AM 980. Marc Emery is interviewed about his London Tribune weekly newspaper, which is launching that day. The paper’s first issue is free. Emery opines that the daily newspaper is a thing of the past, given the ability of radio and TV to provide up-to-the-minute news.
Aug 311980
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Just days before the launch of a new London weekly newspaper spearheaded by Marc Emery (The London Tribune), this news report interviews the editor of the London Free Press, William C. Heine, who says the evidence suggests that it is not economically viable to run more than one daily newspaper in a place like London that has a population of less than 1,000,000 people. Heine is asked what happens when a two-paper town to a one paper town; he points out that almost all newspapers are now owned by only two companies, Thompson and Southem. Marc Emery is interviewed and speaks out against government subsidizing failing newspapers. Heine says that new technology, such as the word processor, is allowing newcomers like Emery to publish a competitive weekly magazine at an affordable cost. Emery adds that a daily newspaper is becoming obsolete because of electronic media like radio and TV that can deliver information instantly. He adds that The London Tribune will offer something different from the London Free Press: it will focus primarily on local news. To promote the newspaper, the company is advertising on radio, on buses etc..
Aug 101980
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Ron Thomas interviews Marc Emery, Doug Phippen, and Gary Webb Proctor about their new weekly newspaper, The London Tribune, which will launch in September, 1980. The paper will be published on Thursdays. The interviewees are asked about the cost of running the paper, its editorial policy and political orientation, and whether the paper will be a platform for Marc Emery’s political efforts.
May 261980
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Almost four years prior to the founding of the Freedom Party of Ontario, Robert Metz prepared research materials – over time – concerning the marketing of a political party to advocate individual freedom. In 1980, he and Marc Emery prepared to form a party named the Enterprise Party of Ontario. These research notes were initially prepared in anticipation of the launch of that party. Continue reading »
May 251980
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In this brief news radio clip, it is reported that London council has decided to hand over its troubled downtown kiosks to Marc Emery, who has offered to clean them up and maintain them in exchange for the revenue he earns from advertisers using the kiosks.