Freedom Flyer July 1995 Cover

Freedom Flyer 28

the official newsletter of the
Freedom Party of Ontario

July 1995




Article electronically reproduced from:

The St. Thomas Times-Journal

May 10, 1995


Freedom's star of '90 returning to the polls: Ray Monteith becomes fifth name

By ERIC BUNNELL
TIMES-JOURNAL STAFF

There's going to be a fifth name on the ballot June 8 in Elgin.

Ray Monteith of St. Thomas said Tuesday he'll stand for the Freedom Party for the third time in a provincial election.

Mr. Monteith, 74, a retired railway conductor, said the party wants to cut government down to size.

"I know the system isn't working. We're wasting our money.We have too much bureaucracy, too much red tape. It's time to act sensibly."

The Freedom Party's platform includes planks to chop government programs and reduce taxes.

The party opposes universal health-care and social services. It says health care should be paid through insurance and welfare should be needs based.

Although he lost his $200 deposit in the 1990 election when he failed to capture 10 per cent of the vote in Elgin, Mr. Monteith did pick up 1,104 votes, or 3.24 percent.

That made him the star of the party's 10 candidates in the '90 election, Freedom Party president Robert Metz said Tuesday.


THE CANDIDATE


Campaign HQ:
8 County Rd. 45, St. Thomas.
Telephone:
631-7712.
Heading campaign:
Self.
Official agent:
Robert Metz, London.
Personal:
Age 74, lifelong St. Thomas resident; widower; father of 4, grandfather of six.
Employment:
Retired Contrail/Amtrak conductor.
Education:
Declined by candidate.
Political experience:
Freedom Party candidate in 1987 and 1990 provincial elections.
The issues:
Is running on Freedom Party platform that government is too big and too involved in lives of Ontarians. "I believe the purpose of government is to protect us as individuals and not restrict us." Freedom Party advocates budget reform, and tax- and spending cuts; health-care funding through insurance; needs-based social services; privatization of Crown corporations and public services.
Quote:
"The system isn't working. We're wasting our money. We have too much bureaucracy and too much red tape. It's time to act sensibly."




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