Freedom Flyer 14
the official newsletter of the
Freedom Party of Ontario
Spring 1989
Other Freedom Party grass-roots campaigns that succeeded with just the effort of one or two determined people!
We hope some of the campaigns and
achievements below --- often the work of
one or two determined individuals, will
serve as an inspiration for those of you
who feel huge dollars, great sacrifice,
and dozens of people are necessary to
see a campaign happen.
Freedom Party volunteers manned a
"free" garbage truck that hauled away
over 72,000 pounds of garbage from
over 5,000 homes during London's
garbage strike in 1987. Thousands of
strike-bound Londoners had an outlet
for both their frustration and garbage
as a makeshift "garbage truck" went
out each day during the strike, manned
by just 2 or 3 people!
Freedom Party volunteers have
waged --- sometimes single-handedly ---
battles against oppressive taxation in
the form of 'B.I.A.'s' (Business
Improvement Areas) in Toronto,
Aurora, London, and other communities, while battles currently are being
fought in other Ontario communities.
Freedom Party volunteers in 1984 -
1985 defeated a $100 million proposed
project that would have seen the
Pan-American Games brought to
London, all on the taxpayers' back. A
few volunteers turned a whole city
against the idea over a year, and saved
themselves and fellow citizens $100
million-plus in taxes.
Freedom Party volunteers collected
over 5,000 signatures in London to
oppose a 32% - 43% pay increase for
elected officials. What began as a letter
to the editor and a little ad in a weekly
paper denouncing the pay-increase,
quickly bloomed into a full-scale
protest with dozens of people offering
to help petition.
Union drives were defeated when just
a few Freedom Party members facing
unionization delivered pamphlets
opposing unionization among their
co-workers at Eaton's Ltd. and the
University of Western Ontario.
These campaigns were accomplished
often by just a handful of people,
sometimes only one or two people,
with assistance from Freedom Party's
head office.
In addition, other campaigns on larger
issues (like Sunday shopping or postal
strikes) have received significant
coverage, even while no immediate
change in the political climate is seen.
Each campaign gathers new members
and supporters in your community; an
important stepping stone to larger and
more far-reaching political campaigns
and objectives.
If you see a problem in your
community that you would like to see
attacked, contact us or
send e-mail to e-mail---
we'd like to help you make it happen!
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