Freedom Flyer 21

the official newsletter of the
Freedom Party of Ontario

July 1992

'WHOLE LANGUAGE' BULLETIN
TERMED "HATE LITERATURE"

LONDON (June 9, 1992) - Freedom Party was accused of doing "damage... to schools and communities which are already struggling with the many challenges of the times" by its distribution of "hate literature" - the information bulletins warning against "whole language."

In a letter to the party which went so far as to suggest that "truth and objectivity are obviously not the primary pursuits of the Freedom Party," R. D. Corsaut, in conjunction with the staff of St. George's Public School in London, requested "please do not send us further hate literature until you check out the realities."

INVITATION OFFERED BUT RETRACTED

Despite the tone of the letter directed against Freedom Party, an invitation was extended to party executives "to visit St George's school and observe in classrooms as so many of our parents and volunteers do."

Unfortunately, when Fp secretary Robert Vaughan called Corsaut to accept his invitation it was verbally declined, purportedly on the grounds that he "did not want the visit to be used for political gain." Unlike the original invitation, Corsaut refused to acknowledge his withdrawn invitation in writing, nor did he wish to discuss the issue of "whole language" at any length.

EVASION AGAIN

In an effort to highlight the consistent evasive tactics used by "whole language" supporters, Fp leader Robert Metz issued a media release to the London area, charging that "this evasion is yet another example of how our tax-funded public school system does not want the 'whole language' issue to be addressed."