WOODVILLE (May 5, 1998) - We are pleased to announce that the text of Fp president Robert Metz's address to the Roots of Change conference in Toronto (see coverage, elsewhere in this issue) appears in the May 1998 issue of Canadian Speeches. Editor and publisher Earle Gray, whom Metz had the pleasure of meeting at the home of Jim McKee (see related Freedom brief, elsewhere in this issue), describes his publication as "A National Forum of Diverse Views".

That diversity is certainly evident in the 68-page May issue, where the first speech by CAW-Canada President Buzz Hargrove favors egalitarianism as a means of preventing "social and economic upheaval." (Metz last debated Hargrove on an open-line radio program in September 1995, in the midst of labor protests against the Harris government. See Freedom Flyer March 1996.) Other contributors include: Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Stephane Dion; Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Desmond Morton; President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Dr. Tom Brzustowski; Chairman and CEO, Alliance communications Corporation, Robert Lantos; President, Curry College, Milton , Massachusetts, Kenneth K. Quigley Jr.; Canadian Chamber of Commerce Chairman Gerald Pond; NOVA Corporation Senior Vice President Sheila O'Brien; and last but not least, Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada president, Ron Leitch.

Publisher Gray has beat us to the punch. The speeches by Metz and Leitch were originally delivered at the Roots of Change conference , and are both due to be published in our next issue of Consent. Metz's speech, appearing in Canadian Speeches as "Why the right should not unite" and Leitch's speech, entitled "A case for repealing the Charter of Rights", both focus on individual freedom as the fundamental value to be protected and preserved by our governments.

Anyone interested in discovering the diverse points of view that regularly appear in Canadian Speeches is encouraged to contact: Canadian Speeches, 194 King Street, Box 250 WOODVILLE, Ontario, K0M 2T0. Phone: (705) 439-2580. Single copy: $8.50; Subscription: 10 issues, $85, GST included.

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