LONDON (October 19, 1994) - FP president Robert Metz unexpectedly got an hour and a half - to himself - to speak out against censorship before a live audience. Originally scheduled to debate a representative from MPP Marion Boyd's office before a group of students participating in London Symposium 1994 "Expressions of our Environments" at the Delta Armouries Hotel, Metz was informed ten minutes before the debate that Boyd's office had contacted the event's organizers and was unable to supply a representative because they "could not commit the time."

The symposium was attended by students from all over Ontario, who fully funded the event through their registration fees. Organized by the Academy students of South Secondary School and A.B. Lucas Secondary School, the two-day event was a smashing success attracting 371 participants when the expected draw was about 150. Symposium sessions offered subjects of interest ranging from architecture to acupuncture. One session, titled the "Ideal Society", was presented by Fp member Gordon Mood. Another, titled "Controversy Sells", was presented by David Helwig, publisher and editor of the Business Times who, coincidentally, was one of FP's guest speakers at our dinner event on December 3.

Our thanks are extended to Paul Lambert for inviting Freedom Party to participate in this excellent event!

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