About
On August 12th, my parents, Marta and Lech, were charged for running a “commercial conference centre” for letting me host the Liberty Summer Seminar on their property. They are facing charges of up to $25,000 each, for a total of $50,000. You can read the press release we sent out about the charges here.
By the numbers:
10: Number of years
72: Number of Attendees
7: Number of Speakers
3: Musicians
$125 ($75 for students): Registration fee, charged by the Institute for Liberal Studies
$25,000: Possible charges for each summons (one for my dad, the other for my mom)
1984: The year my family escaped communist Poland
3: The number of years we spent as refugees in Germany, waiting on paperwork to move to Canada
1987: The year we immigrated to Canada
1991: The year we became Canadian citizens
1989: The year my parents founded their business, Ma-Le Enterprises (Ma = Marta, Le = Lech)
2001: The first Liberty Summer Seminar
The facts:
The Institute for Liberal Studies is a registered educational non-profit and charity in Canada.
The Liberty Summer Seminar runs on a cost-recovery basis.
The LSS is a seminar featuring speakers and musical acts, and a barbecue.
The LSS celebrates Canadian freedoms.
