Robert Metz: Sunday Shopping in London (July, 1990)

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Jul 061990
 

AUDIO – DESCRIPTION:

On June 22, 1990, an Ontario High Court trial judge released his decision in the case of Peel (Regional Municipality) v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Co. of Canada Ltd.. The court declared Ontario’s Retail Business Holidays Act (which banned most retail sales on Sundays) unconstitutional because, it found, the Act was contrary to the religious freedom provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The decision was overturned by the Ontario Court of Appeal on March 20, 1991 but, in the meantime, many retail stores began opening their doors on Sundays.

FM 96’s John Boles reported on what was expected to happen when London stores opened on Sunday, July 8, 1990. Ron Logan of the Patton’s Place furniture store (a long time opponent of Sunday Shopping) and Robert Metz (President of Freedom Party of Ontario, which long advocated choice) were interviewed.

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Freedom Flyer (Issue #16: May, 1990)

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May 011990
 

Contents:
“No Fair!” Says Fp Leader Robert Metz About Taxation; “Of The People, By The People, and For the People” – Democracy Reconsidered; Focus on the Environment – Fp Leader Robert Metz Participates in Media Forum On the Environment; Reforming Canada’s election laws; democracy and freedom; Sunday shopping; Fp’s Barry Fitzgerald Wins Battle to Force City of Welland to Clean Up the Welland River; Fraser Institute’s Senior Economist, Dr. Walter Block, Presents Fp Members And Supporters With A Reconciliation of Economics And The Environment; What Do We Owe The Poor?; No-fault insurance; Freedom 200 pins. Continue reading »

Freedom Flyer (Issue #15: February, 1990)

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Feb 011990
 

Contents:
Media Forum: Fp’s Murray Hopper Debates United Church minister Susan Eagle on the Minimum Wage; What To Do About The GST?; Freedom Party Campaigns For Freedom Of Choice In Language – Bill 8 And Official Bilingualism Condemned; Mississauga’s Clarkson Business Improvement Area To Stay Despite Protest and Opposition; Letters From Our Readers – And More! Continue reading »

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

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Oct 291989
 

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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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Documents: Profits, Plunder & The Environment Brunch with Walter Block (October 29, 1989)

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Oct 291989
 

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Essential contents of Freedom Party of Ontario’s file folder in respect of its October 29, 1989 “Profits, Plunder & The Environment” brunch in Toronto, with guest speaker Walter Block (then head of the Fraser Institute in Canada). Includes: October 27, 1989 Media Release; October 10, 1989 mailer to members and supporters; promotional poster; advertisement for the Fraser Institute’s book “Economics and the Environment: A Reconciliation” (edited by Walter Block); September 13, 1989 confirming letter to Walter Block; letter from the office of David Suzuki; August, 1989 letter to Walter Block; August 10, 1989 letter to David Suzuki. Continue reading »

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