Sep 091986
 

1985-fpo-radio-thumbAUDIO – DESCRIPTION:
On September 2, 1986, Ontario’s provincial Advisory Committee on Liquor Regulations – which had been put together by Liberal Consumer Minister Monte Kwinter to consider revisions to Ontario’s drinking laws – commenced hearings. On the first day of the hearings, Ontario’s socialist New Democratic Party (NDP) issued a policy statement calling for a ban on the advertising of beer, wine, and liquor both on TV and radio, and in printed media. The NDP said that, after unemployment, excessive alcohol consumption was “the number one social problem in society”.

As a result of the NDP’s pro-censorship proposal, on September 9, 1986, Wayne McLean, host of AM980’s Hotline talk show asked his listeners: Should there be a ban on alcohol advertising, and does advertising cause an increase in consumption?

Freedom Party president Robert Metz called in, followed – during a rapid-fire poll – by Freedom Party member Gord Mood. Both opposed censorship, and advocated individual freedom.

Robert Metz Excerpt

Gord Mood Excerpt

Complete Episode

Audio Details:

Radio Program: Hotline
Host: Wayne McLean
Notable Callers: Robert Metz (Freedom Party president), Gord Mood (member, Freedom Party of Ontario)
Aired: September 9, 1986
Radio Station: CFPL 980 AM, London, Ontario
Recorded: September 9, 1986
File Format: MP3

URL (Robert Metz Excerpt – 11.6 MB – 4 mins: 49 secs) – https://freedomparty.on.ca/archive/audio/tapes-87-and-88.should-alcohol-advertizing-be-banned.metz-excerpt.mp3

URL (Gord Mood Excerpt – 0.7 MB – 16 secs) – https://freedomparty.on.ca/archive/audio/tapes-87-and-88.should-alcohol-advertizing-be-banned.mood-excerpt.mp3

URL (Complete Episode – 233.7 MB – 1 hr: 37 mins: 23 secs) – https://freedomparty.on.ca/archive/audio/tapes-87-and-88.should-alcohol-advertizing-be-banned.complete.mp3