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During the 1987 Ontario provincial general election, CFRB host Andy Barrie interviewed Freedom Party president Robert Metz and Judy Johnson (candidate in Etobicoke West), a representative of the then newly-formed Family Coalition Party.
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During the Ontario provincial election of 1987, the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and the London Public Library co-sponsored an all-candidates debate for candidates in the London-area ridings. Among them was Freedom Party of Ontario president, Robert Metz. Continue reading »
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In August of 1987, Ontario’s election saw Global TV portraying Freedom Party of Ontario as a “fringe” party…a goal made easier by sandwiching a profile of the party between a profile of the communists, and a profile of the greens. The joke’s on Global though: although the report called Freedom Party’s election planks – including opposition to the Sunday shopping ban, censorship, and free trade – “not a quick ticket to Queens Park”, almost all of them have, long ago, come to pass. Continue reading »
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During Ontario’s provincial election of 1987, TV London News in London did a profile of Freedom Party together with two other parties. Continue reading »
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In August of 1987, during Ontario’s provincial election, CFTO news in Toronto did a profile of Freedom Party. Discussed: Freedom Party’s stands on Ontario’s ban on Sunday Retail store openings, free trade, censorship, forced association/dues in unions, and Business Improvement Associations (BIAs). Continue reading »
Contents:
Openers: Freeing the Slaves. Sunday Closing Laws: Metz and Emery testify to Select Committee on Retail Store Hours; Magder Dinner a Success; Emery to Go to Court August 20 for Sunday Opening Charges; Freedom Party Blasts Toronto City Hall Inquiry Into Sunday Opening Laws. Taxes & Business: BIA Campaigns Draw Government Backlash; Bronte BIA in Trouble After Pamplet Barrage; Bronte Needs BIA; BIA Misrepresents Case; BIA on the Ropes; Mississauga, Toronto, Georgetown, Hamilton, Burlington, and Sarnia Actions; Letters: BIA Backlash; Hamilton City Council Votes Unanimously to As Ontario Government to Ban Freedom Party’s BIA Package and Recommends “Spreading False News” Criminal Charges Against Freedom Party; Newspaper coverage. Meet Bill Frampton. Regulation (Bill 154): Pay Equity Legislation Condemned by Freedom Party at Committee Hearings; Transcript of Questions Asked of Freedom Party by the Committee. Continue reading »
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On or about June 29th, 1987, a private members bill was passed in the Ontario legislature which carved out an exemption – for small bookstores like FP Action Director Marc Emery’s “City Lights Book Store” – from the mandatory Sunday closing law set out in the Retail Business Holidays Act. Book sellers – especially Emery – had been among the most vocal critics of the ban on Sunday selling. Emery viewed the bill as an attempt to give him nothing to complain about. However, the bill just gave Emery a new way to impose what he and Freedom Party saw as a law that offended individual liberty and property. Continue reading »
A violent 18-day strike by unionized (Letter Carriers Union of Canada) Canada Post workers ended on July 4, 1987. During the strike, Freedom Party of Ontario held a counter-picket and expressed opposition to labour monopoly in the postal system and in general. This flyer was used during the campaign. Continue reading »
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Violence by striking members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees made the news in the summer of 1987. Freedom Party of Ontario members picketed the Post Office in London, Ontario to protest close shop unions and the violence associated with strikes by them. TV London News was there to report it. Continue reading »
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In May and June of 1987, Freedom Party demonstrated against closed shop unions by doing free garbage collection during London’s strike by outside city workers. TV London was there to report. Continue reading »