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I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

I think you just shot yourself in your Calvinist foot; in this verse God gives them free will, they have a choice. Their fate is not already ordained, they have a free will choice.

No, it must be read with all of Scripture and taken as a whole. We are not free to lift only verses that appeal to us and ignore those that do not. Eze. 33:11 is as much a part of God's holy Word as is Jer. 17:9, Eph. 1:4, John 6:44, and Gen. 1:1. The turning itself is something the regenerated child of God wants to do - by man's reckoning, it is an act of free will (free agency, really). He wants to do it, because he has been regenerated to newness of life (Rom. 8:28ff). Remember however, that man looketh on the outward appearance, God looketh on the heart (1 Sam 16:7).