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 »

Jun 011988
 

Contents:
FP Calendar 1989; Elections 1987-88 Overview; Bridging the Credibility Gap, Peterson’s Liberals win majority, analysis; Fringe Parties Jockey for Fourth Place (Globe & Mail); FP Election Results Analysis; Newspaper Excerpts, Candidates, Highlights of Marc Emery, Ray Monteith – Elgin Riding, Emery’s Calendar of Individual Freedom, FP Candidates Balabanian, Frampton, Pengelly, Magder – FP (London Free Press); FP Election Issues 1987; North London By-election Sets New Precedents, vote gains; Freedom Party Scoffs at Fringe Party Title; Freedom For Sale on Ballot, highlight of FP Campaign; Freedom Briefs, news of FP activities; Welland-Thorold About to discover Freedom Party, by-election, Barry Fitzgerald. Continue reading »

Sep 031987
 

1997-09-xx.metz-thumbAUDIO – DESCRIPTION:

On September 3, 1987, during the Ontario general provincial election of that year, Freedom Party president Robert Metz was interviewed by Bill Paul. Topics include: Sunday shopping; strikes; Freedom Party; Garbage strike; property rights; Marc Emery; Ayn Rand; BIAs; censorship; FP media coverage; London Chamber of Commerce debate; free trade.

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Sep 011987
 

1997-09-xx.metz-thumbAUDIO – DESCRIPTION:

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.

Whole recording (commercials and news removed)
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Aug 181987
 

VIDEO – DESCRIPTION:

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 »