Freedom Flyer 13 Cover

Freedom Flyer 13

the official newsletter of the
Freedom Party of Ontario

Winter 1988-1989

Table of Contents

Fp OPENERS

  • Robert Metz: The Long Hard Climb
  • THE WELLAND-THOROLD BYELECTION

  • Fp FEATURE: Welland-Thorold Byelection Second for Freedom Party in '88
  • Newspaper Article: THE EVENING TRIBUNE: "Freedom Party fields byelection candidate", August 26, 1988
  • Newspaper Article: THE GUARDIAN EXPRESS: "Wants more freedom of choice", November 2, 1988
  • Newspaper Article: THE GUARDIAN EXPRESS: "Candidates debate issues of injured workers", October 19, 1988
  • Newspaper Article: THE GUARDIAN EXPRESS: "Provincial candidates square off with media", October 29, 1988
  • THE CALENDAR OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM

  • Fp FEATURE: Calendar of Individual Freedom Expands Freedom's Horizons
  • Fp FEATURE: Calendar of Individual Freedom - A sample of reviews and endorsements
  • THE CLARKSON BIA

    Business Improvement Areas are nothing but forced associations in which their "members" have no choice whether or not to belong. Read all about Freedom Party's involvement in defeating BIAs and restoring representation in taxation in Ontario.

  • Fp FEATURE: The Clarkson controversy
  • Fp FEATURE: What is a BIA?
  • Newspaper Article: THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS: "Battle rages over Clarkson's Business Improvement Area", May 11, 1988
  • Newspaper Editorial: THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS: "Clarkson BIA", May 11, 1988
  • Letter to the Editor: THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS: "Clarkson BIA", June 22, 1988
  • Letter to the Editor: THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS: "BIAs", June 22, 1988
  • Newspaper Article: THE TORONTO STAR: "Clarkson business group in turmoil", June 14, 1988
  • Newspaper Article: THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS: "Clarkson BIA meeting turned into chaos", June 17, 1988
  • Newspaper Article: THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS: "Province is staying out of Clarkson BIA Affairs", September 14, 1988
  • Newspaper Article: THE GLOBE AND MAIL: "Concerns lead Ontario to review laws on BIAs", November 3, 1988
  • Correspondence from Bob Adams to John Eakins, Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs re: BIAs, December 2, 1988
  • SUNDAY SHOPPING

    In this section: Read Fp's battle against Sunday shopping ads. The real issue behind the Sunday shopping controversy has nothing whatsoever to do with "shopping" or "Sundays". The real issue is freedom of choice!

    To make this point perfectly clear to both sides in the debate, Freedom Party produced two versions of a full-page newspaper ad aimed at defining the issue for the public and politicians alike: "YES to FREEDOM of CHOICE in SUNDAY SHOPPING!". Click here for a 72 kilobyte GIF reproduction of the London Free Press ad or here for a text-only version. The second version of this ad was placed in the Welland Guardian Express in April 1988, by coincidence, a short time before the Welland-Thorold byelection (Coverage of this event elsewhere in this issue of Freedom Flyer.)

  • Fp FEATURE: Sunday shopping - Not just a single issue!
  • Fp FEATURE: It's a Matter of Choice
  • Newspaper Article: THE WELLAND EVENING TRIBUNE: " 'A matter of choice' Fitzgerald argues", August 30, 1988
  • Newspaper Editorial: THE LONDON FREE PRESS: "Sunday's changing face", February 20, 1988
  • Newspaper Article: THE CHATHAM DAILY NEWS: "Dresden opposes Sunday shopping", April 22, 1988
  • Open Line Radio Conversation: CFPL AM: "Open-line on Sunday laws", December 27, 1988
  • Fp FEATURE: Jailed for Justice
  • Newspaper Article: THE LONDON FREE PRESS: "Emery cleared on Sunday opening counts", March 8, 1988
  • Newspaper Article: THE LONDON FREE PRESS: "Marc Emery released from jail"

  • Fp London Free Press Newspaper Advertisement: "Yes to Freedom of Choice in Sunday Shopping!" [GIF format image; 72 kilobytes file size]
  • Fp London Free Press Newspaper Advertisement:Text only version
  • FREEDOM PARTY IN THE NEWS

    In this section: Read the response written by the London Free Press Ombudsman to Fp Action Director Marc Emery's complaint of biased editorial coverage in the pages of the London Free Press. As a result of Emery's activity, the paper has taken his advice by publishing columns written by noted free-market advocates Walter Block (Beware insidious poisons of controls and wage laws) and Freedom Party's own Manager of Special Projects, Murray Hopper (Pay equity rules just don't coincide with market forces and Marketplace offers better education system). The latter column also appeared as the cover essay of Consent #5.

  • Newspaper Article: THE LONDON FREE PRESS: "For a Fact - 'The Day Marc Emery Rules The World' ", June 11, 1988 (Tongue-in-cheek political appraisal of Fp Action Director Marc Emery
  • Newspaper Article: THE GLOBE AND MAIL: "No time for High Times", November 1, 1988
  • Newspaper Article: THE LONDON FREE PRESS: "Also-rans driven by idealism", November 4, 1988
  • Newspaper Opinion: THE LONDON FREE PRESS: "Providing illumination on issues of the day"
  • Newspaper Opinion: THE LONDON FREE PRESS: "Pay equity rules just don't coincide with market forces", February 13, 1988
  • Newspaper Opinion: THE LONDON FREE PRESS: "Beware insidious poisons of controls and wage laws", March 8, 1988
  • Newspaper Opinion: THE LONDON FREE PRESS: "Marketplace offers better education system", March 21, 1988
  • Television Coverage: CFPL TV LONDON: "Inquiry" [on Freedom of Choice in Sunday Shopping], May 1, 1988
  • Television Coverage: CFPL TV LONDON: "FYI First Edition" [on Freedom of Choice in Sunday Shopping], Summer 1988
  • Television Coverage: CFPL TV LONDON: "The Long Hard Climb", November 3, 1988
  • Television Coverage: CKCO TV KITCHENER: "Ontario Reports" [on Freedom of Choice in Sunday Shopping], December 18, 1988
  • Television Coverage: CFPL TV LONDON: "Inquiry" [on Freedom of Choice in Sunday Shopping], January 15, 1989
  • CONSENT

    Freedom Party's famous "Journal of Ideas and Opinions on Individual Freedom" --- Consent --- is launched.

  • Fp FEATURE: The Issue Is Consent!
  • LETTERS TO Fp

    Until recently, we never really received enough written letters to justify a letters column, but we've been saving them all the same.

    The letters below have been received by Freedom Party over the past year or so; appropriate dates accompany each letter. From here on in, we'll be keeping them up to date.

  • Reader takes issue with Calendar entry - Mark Willer
  • Featured economist in Calendar calls Calendar "a magnificent idea" - Walter Block
  • Economist expresses "great honor" at inclusion in Calendar - Milton Friedman
  • Reader objects to Biblical quotes - Paul Horachek
  • Error noted in Calendar - Peter G. Klein
  • Fp taken "to task" for Consent article - David E. Bawden
  • Writer recommends "a good printshop" - W. F. Van Duyn
  • Fp asked for clarification - Jay T. Murray
  • Praise for Calendar - Doug M. Fowle
  • Clarkson BIA supporter takes exception - James Biss
  • Writer advocates voucher system - Dr. William E. Goodman
  • Origin of Milton Friedman quotation - Harold E. Harvey, M.D.
  • Fp thanked for Calendar - Marshall Fritz
  • Feedback on the Calendar - Hugh MacAulay
  • Writer nominates candidate for consideration on future publications - K. Applegate
  • Praise for Calendar - Stormy Mon


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