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Fascism and Frogs: Commentary by Robert Metz; “Only YOU Can Save Canada” Says Author William Trench; Trustee Candidates Accused of Lying During Municipal Election; Freedom Party Opposes Mandatory Bicycle Helmet Laws; Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) ‘Not Democratic’; Victory For Taxpayers: Hamilton’s Jamesville BIA Defeated! Continue reading »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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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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 »
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FP Action Campaign Take Off in Ontario, Aurora, Newmarket, Hamilton, Burlington, Metro Toronto, Mississauga, London, St. Thomas, Keswick, Sarnia; (Openers) Metz discusses plans for 1987, Censorship Alert campaign; An Experience to Remember, Michael Emerling (Essence of Political Persuasion), Photos from FP Workshop – October 1986; BIA Campaign Mushrooms Into Major Effort, Merchants meet ant-BIA Group – excerpt (Hamilton Spectator); FREEDOM Party goes to the marketplace to support Sunday Choice, Marc Emery on CFPL-TV, Sunday Shopping, Retail Business Holidays Act; Scores of Charges Laid Over Sunday Shopping (Globe & Mail), Group Stages Blitz for Sunday Choice (Toronto Sun), Grocery Stores Continue to Defy Closing Law (St. Thomas Times Journal); Freedom Party Newspaper Campaign; Election 1987, election call expected in Spring; List of FP Publications.. Continue reading »
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Letter from Marc Emery to Freedom Party supporters concerning Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) Continue reading »
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Letter from Marc Emery to East London Businesses re: Centertown News article “Centretown Expansion/Misconception” concerning the nature of Business Improvement Areas (BIAs); Enclosure: copy of Centretown News article; Response to the allegations made in Centretown News’ “Centretown Expansion/Misconception” Continue reading »