Freedom Party of Ontario’s 1989 Calendar of Individual Freedom (U.S.A. edition)

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Jan 011989
 

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In 1988, following the success of his 1988 Freedom Party Calendar of Individual Freedom (which was, of course, produced in 1987), then Freedom Party of Ontario Action Director Marc Emery conducted additional research into the history of individual freedom, for the purposes of creating a professionally-printed 1989 Calendar of Individual Freedom that would be sold by Freedom Party of Ontario. Two editions were made: one Canadian, the other American. These calendars again featured a number of historical events that, in Emery’s opinion, constituted either “highlights” or “dark days” in the history of individual freedom. Continue reading »

Freedom Party of Ontario’s 1989 Calendar of Individual Freedom (Canadian edition)

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Jan 011989
 

1989-calendar-canada-thumbDescription:
In 1988, following the success of his 1988 Freedom Party Calendar of Individual Freedom, then Freedom Party of Ontario Action Director Marc Emery conducted additional research into the history of individual freedom, for the purposes of creating a professionally-printed 1989 Calendar of Individual Freedom that would be sold by Freedom Party of Ontario. Two editions were made: one Canadian, the other American. These calendars again featured a number of historical events that, in Emery’s opinion, constituted either “highlights” or “dark days” in the history of individual freedom. Continue reading »

Freedom Flyer (Issue #13: Winter, 1988-1989) v.2

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Dec 011988
 

Contents:
BIA The Clarkson Controversy, Sunday Shopping, Freedom of Choice, Competition, Private Property Rights, Freedom of Religion, Justice, Self-Responsibility, Free Enterprise, The Freedom Party campaigns; (Openers) The Long Hard Climb, party success challenges; 1988 Wellend-Thorold election results, various newspaper excerpts (Guardian Express); Calendar of Individual Freedom Expands Freedom’s Horizons, forecasts and strategies; Province is staying out of Clarkson BIA affairs (Mississauga News); Clarkson Controversy, What is BIA?, Battle Rages over Clarkson’s BIA, Clarkson Business Group in Turmoil, Clarkson BIA meeting turned to chaos (Mississauga News), Letter from Adams Rent-All to John Eakins, Minister of Municipal Affairs; Dresden Opposes Sunday Shopping (Chatham Daily News) Not Just a Single Issue – Anatomy of the Sunday Shopping Debate, FP Stance on Sunday Shopping Ad, It’s a Matter of Choice – FP rep Fitzgerald appears before Standing Committee on Administration of Justice – St. Catharines, 1906 Lords Day Alliance and Act (Welland Evening Tribune); Open-Line on Sunday Laws; Jailed For Justice, Marc Emery first to be jailed for violation of Retail Business Holidays Act; Also-rans Driven by Idealism, Pay Equity Rules – Market Forces, Marketplace Offers Better Education System (London Free Press); FP represented on CFPL-TV London – Sunday Shopping; Consent (issue #6); Freedom Forum – letters, questions, opinions. Continue reading »

Freedom Flyer (Issue #13: Winter, 1988-1989) v.1

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Dec 011988
 

Contents:
BIA The Clarkson Controversy, Sunday Shopping, Freedom of Choice, Competition, Private Property Rights, Freedom of Religion, Justice, Self-Responsibility, Free Enterprise, The Freedom Party campaigns; (Openers) The Long Hard Climb, party success challenges; 1988 Wellend-Thorold election results, various newspaper excerpts (Guardian Express); Calendar of Individual Freedom Expands Freedom’s Horizons, forecasts and strategies; Province is staying out of Clarkson BIA affairs (Mississauga News); Clarkson Controversy, What is BIA?, Battle Rages over Clarkson’s BIA, Clarkson Business Group in Turmoil, Clarkson BIA meeting turned to chaos (Mississauga News), Letter from Adams Rent-All to John Eakins, Minister of Municipal Affairs; Dresden Opposes Sunday Shopping (Chatham Daily News) Not Just a Single Issue – Anatomy of the Sunday Shopping Debate, FP Stance on Sunday Shopping Ad, It’s a Matter of Choice – FP rep Fitzgerald appears before Standing Committee on Administration of Justice – St. Catharines, 1906 Lords Day Alliance and Act (Welland Evening Tribune); Open-Line on Sunday Laws; Jailed For Justice, Marc Emery first to be jailed for violation of Retail Business Holidays Act; Also-rans Driven by Idealism, Pay Equity Rules – Market Forces, Marketplace Offers Better Education System (London Free Press); FP represented on CFPL-TV London – Sunday Shopping; Consent (issue #6); Freedom Forum – letters, questions, opinions. Continue reading »

Consent (Issue #6: December 1988)

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Dec 011988
 

Contents:

“Can We Survive “Democracy”?” – Part II: “Freedom Betrayed – The Inevitable Course of Majority-Rule” by Robert Metz and Marc Emery
“Who Owns the Surplus in Pension Plans” by Bruce A. Miller
“Free Trade or Not Free Trade, That is the Question” by Robert Metz
“Letting Canadians Decide: Free Trade and the People Factor” by Lloyd Walker
“The Joke’s on Us!” Continue reading »

News (June 12, 1988): Marc Emery Released from Jail

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Jun 121988
 

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On June 12, 1988, TV London News reported the June 10, 1988 release of then Freedom Party of Ontario Action Director Marc Emery from the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre in London, Ontario. He had been jailed for approximately 4 days for refusing to pay a $500.00 fine, which was imposed upon him because he intentionally staffed his book store (City Lights) with more than three individuals on a Sunday, contrary to Ontario’s then-existing laws against retail business on Sundays (a law imposed in 1975 by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party). Continue reading »

Marc Emery on CHRW re: Sunday Shopping (June 10, 1988)

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Jun 101988
 

AUDIO – DESCRIPTION:

Beginning June 7, 1988, Freedom Party of Ontario Action Director Marc Emery spent 4 days in jail for having refused to pay a $500 fine that was imposed upon him by a court for having opened his bookstore on a Sunday, contrary to provincial law. He had opened his store as an act of civil disobedience, in conjunction with his efforts as Action Director of the Freedom Party. In the face of organized proponents of the ban on Sunday shopping – including organized religion, organized business interests, and all three of the political parties holding seats in the Ontario Legislature – Emery was the front man for Freedom Party of Ontario’s lonely, but ultimately successful, campaign against the Sunday shopping ban.

In this radio broadcast, “Radio Docs” host Mario Circelli mentions that Emery has just been released from jail to join him on the program (that makes June 10, 1988 the most likely date of the broadcast; Freedom Party president Robert Metz recalls having brought money to the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre in the early morning hours of a June Friday to pay the money [collected from supporters as “Pennies for Principles”] necessary to secure Emery’s release). Arguably, the fact that Emery has just emerged from jail can be heard not so much in Emery’s voice, as in his words on the program. This arguably is Emery in his finest form.

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