With a view overlooking the fork of the Thames River from the London Regional Art Gallery's cafe dining room in downtown London, about sixty Freedom Party members and supporters spent an enjoyable evening (November 21, 1987) reviewing Freedom Party's first four years of accomplishments, with a special emphasis on 1987.
Dinner attendees were treated to video clips highlighting the year's major issues while party leader Robert Metz recapped the significant details behind the news stories. Action Director Marc Emery, during his speech reflecting on 1987, discussed the necessity of taking a firm stand on the issues that one supports, and of the courage required (and exhibited by many Freedom Party supporters) to meet the intimidation tactics of our political opponents.
1987 was a year in which Freedom Party participated in its second provincial election by reaching out into the homes of over 140,000 Ontario voters. 1987 was a year in which our campaign for freedom of choice in Sunday shopping gained national prominence and attention. 1987 was yet another year in which we successfully fought for freedom of choice in both business and labour.
Dinner attendees each received a 12-page Reflections '87 souvenir brochure which included a year-end message from Freedom Party president Robert Metz, a recap of what we accomplished during our first four years, and quotable quotes relating to our activities during the same period of time.
In addition to our Reflections '87 dinner event, a separate one-day workshop entitled Agenda '88 was conducted on the following day (Sunday, November 22). The workshop featured discussion on the subjects of Freedom Party's image, constitution, market targetting, recruiting and fundraising, etc., and invited participation of those in attendance.
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