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On May 8, 1987, Freedom Party Action Director Marc Emery stood on the steps of City Hall in London, Ontario and announced that Freedom Party would be collecting garbage for free during the strike of city workers. Continue reading »
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On April 21, 1987, CBC did a news story on Freedom Party of Ontario’s Paul Magder Dinner, which raised money in connection with the campaign for choice in Sunday Shopping. Continue reading »
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On April 21, 1987, Freedom Party held its Paul Magder dinner at the (then) Holiday Inn at 89 Chestnut Street in Toronto. The event included speeches by Freedom Party president Robert Metz, Douglas Devnich (Seventh Day Adventist Church), Marc Emery (then Action Director of Freedom Party and the proprietor of City Lights Bookshop in London, Ontario), and Toronto furrier Paul Magder. Emery and Magder each (as a matter of civil disobedience) had been charged, numerous times, for opening their respective stores on Sundays contrary to Ontario’s Retail Business Holidays Act. Continue reading »
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On Tuesday, April 21, 1987, Freedom Party hosted a dinner in support of Toronto furrier Paul Magder. Magder was continually charged under Ontario’s Retail Business Holiday’s Act for opening his fur store on Sundays. On April 20, 1987, CBC’s Radio Noon interviewed Freedom Party president Robert Metz about the party’s dinner, and about the party’s nature.
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On February 25, 1987, Freedom Party’s Marc Emery (Action Director) and Robert Metz (President) made separate submissions to the London meeting of a Select Committee on Sunday Shopping. Emery’s submission in part blamed organized religions for the Retail Business Holidays Act‘s ban on opening a retain store on Sundays. That statement got him national attention, including this interview on CBC radio.
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On February 25, 1987, Global TV did a news story on Marc Emery’s and Robert Metz’s submissions to the London meeting of the Select Committee on Sunday Shopping. Business owners testified that they wanted Ontario’s ban on Sunday shopping to remain in place. Only Emery and Metz were heard to call for a repeal of the ban. Continue reading »
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On February 25, 1987, a Select Committee looking at the Retail Business Holidays Act (after the Act survived a Charter challenge in the Supreme Court of Canada, in December of 1986) held a hearing in London, Ontario. Freedom Party of Ontario Action Director testified to the committee in his capacity as a book store owner (City Lights Book Store), and Freedom Party president Robert Metz appeared on behalf of Freedom Party of Ontario. The Chair of the committee was happy finally to hear from people who were opposed to the ban: he was sure that the general public opposed the ban too. Continue reading »
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Freedom Party’s February 23, 1987 submission to the standing committee on the administration of justice re: Bill 154, which was titled “An Act to provide for Pay Equity in the Broader Public Sector and
in the Private Sector.” Continue reading »
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Recommended changes to BIA legislature (Municipal Act, Section 217). A Freedom Party of Ontario report to the Ontario Legislature. Author not known. Continue reading »
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Report to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs: Recommended Changes To Section 217 of the Municipal Act (Business Improvent Areas-BIAs). A Freedom Party of Ontario report to the Ontario Legislature, penned by Freedom Party Action Director Marc Emery. Continue reading »