2001 – Page 2 – Freedom Party of Ontario Archive

Robert Metz – Rhonda London LIVE: Does Bill 155 (Asset Confiscation) Go Too Far?

Apr 022001

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On April 2, 2001, Robert Metz (President, Freedom Party of Ontario) was a guest of Rhonda London Live. In this episode, Metz discussed with host Rhonda London Ontario’s Bill 155: a bill introduced by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government to confiscate the property of people who might one day use the property in a crime, or who are alleged to have obtained the property by way of crime…without a charge ever needing to be laid or proven. Also guests in this episode: Detective Sargeant Rick Wills (Hamilton Police Service), Dean Paquette (criminal lawyer). Continue reading »

Paul McKeever – Rhonda London LIVE: Should Cellphone Jammers Be Legal?

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Mar 232001

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On March 23, 2001, Paul McKeever (Freedom Party of Ontario) was a guest of Rhonda London Live. In this episode, McKeever discussed with host Rhonda London the issue of whether cell phone jammers should be legal, and who decides. Also guests in this episode: Peter Shurman (CEO of Universal Teleresponse Corporation, member of the Canadian Call Management Association) and Carl Olson (Industry Canada). Continue reading »

Robert Metz – Rhonda London LIVE: Privacy Protection

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Feb 202001

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On February 20, 2001, Robert Metz (President, Freedom Party of Ontario) was a guest of Rhonda London Live. In this episode, Metz discussed with host Rhonda London Ontario’s proposed privacy legislation, which critics complained would – among other things – give rise to easy access to personal health information by the government, by employers, and by prospective employers. Also a guest on this episode: Ann Cavoukian (Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner). Continue reading »

Paul McKeever testifies to Ontario standing committee re: civil forfeiture Bill 155 (Feb 20, 2001)

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Feb 202001

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On February 20, 2001, then Freedom Party of Ontario executive member Paul McKeever appeared before Ontario’s Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy to testify in opposition to Bill 155, which was titled “Remedies for Organized Crime and Other Unlawful Activities Act, 2000”. The bill was introduced by then Ontario PC MPP and Attorney General Jim Flaherty. It later was passed into law.

The bill allows the government to cease private property from its owner even without charging the owner with an offence. Freedom Party opposed the bill on both philosophical and legal grounds.

The transcript of the day’s hearing can be read here: http://tinyurl.com/nu6khaa Continue reading »

Paul McKeever – Rhonda London LIVE: Provincial Asset Confiscation Law

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Feb 062001

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On February 6, 2001, Paul McKeever (Freedom Party of Ontario) was a guest of Rhonda London Live. In this episode, McKeever discussed with host Rhonda London Ontario’s Bill 155, which would allow for the seizure of a person’s property if that property might be used in a crime or if the property might have been obtained through the commission of an offence (but without the need to lay a charge or to convict the person from whom the property is seized). Also a guest on this episode: Margaret Beare (Associate Professor of Sociology, York University; and Director for the Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption), and Rocco Cleveland (Staff Superintendent, Toronto Police Service). Continue reading »

Paul McKeever – Rhonda London LIVE: Can We Predict School Violence?

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Jan 192001

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On January 19, 2001, Paul McKeever (Freedom Party of Ontario) was a guest of Rhonda London Live. In this episode, McKeever discussed with host Rhonda London a report about a 16-year old student who spent 30 days in jail for having written a story – titled “Twisted” – as a class project. The story is about a tormented teen plans to blow up his school. The real-life teen author (who had experienced bullying in a school in Cornwall, Ontario) was charged with uttering death threats. Punished for fiction? Can we predict violence in schools? Also guests in this episode: Steward Auty (President, Canadian Safe School Network) and Rose Dyson (author of “Mind Abuse”). Continue reading »

Consent (Issue #31: January, 2001)

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Jan 012001

Contents:
“True Rights are Freedoms, not Powers” by Edward W. Younkins
“Conservative Gridlock (An Open Letter to Tom Long)” by Joe Armstrong
“Anti-“Hate” Legislation: A Threat to Academic Freedom” by Kenneth Hilborn
” ‘Human Rights’: The new euphemism for coercive State Socialism” by Dick Field
“Please Rise and Sing” by Tyler Chilcott Continue reading »

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