- This page is about the Canadian politician. For the cricket umpire, please see Dave Orchard. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries David Lynton Orchard (born 24 June 1948 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) is a Cricket umpire.
David Orchard (born June 28, 1950, in Borden, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian political figure and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political He was a member of the now defunct Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC Party), and opposed the party's merger with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party of Canada. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian The Canadian Alliance (in French Alliance Canadienne) formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (or in French Alliance réformiste-conservateur The Conservative Party of Canada ( Parti conservateur du Canada) colloquially known as the " Tories " is a conservative Orchard's political views would generally be regarded as left of center or even far left within the contemporary Canadian political context, but Orchard himself identifies himself as being primarily nationalist in outlook. Ultra-left|Radical left|Radicalism (historical|Hard left Far left and extreme left are terms used to discuss the position a group or person occupies within a Political spectrum Canadian nationalism is a term which has been
Orchard has never held political office in Canada, but has been involved in leadership conventions and other political areas. In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent He is perhaps best known for his campaign to oppose the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, and has since become a prominent activist against free trade of all sorts, campaigning against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas and the World Trade Organization. The Free Trade Agreement ( FTA) was a Trade agreement signed by Canada and the United States on October 4th 1988. Free trade is a system in which the trade of goods and services between or within countries flows unhindered by government-imposed restrictions The Free Trade Area of the Americas ( FTAA) ( Spanish: Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA French: Zone de libre-échange des
Orchard is a 4th-generation organic grain farmer, and also the author of the book The Fight for Canada: Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism. Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on Crop rotation, Green manure, Compost, Biological pest control, and mechanical Cultivation The book The Fight for Canada Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism, was written by David Orchard. He was also a co-founder of CCAFT (Citizens Concerned About Free Trade) in 1985.
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Early life
Educated in Borden, Orchard went on to study arts and science and then law at the University of Saskatchewan in nearby Saskatoon, although he did not graduate. The University of Saskatchewan ( U of S) is a Coeducational public Research university located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River, with a He later studied French at Quebec City's Université Laval. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Orchard lives on his family farm and is in the organic agriculture business.
Positions
Orchard sees himself as a "Red" or moderate Tory and claims to be ideologically inspired by his political idols former prime ministers John Diefenbaker, Richard Bennett, Sir Robert Borden and Sir John A. Macdonald. Red Tory is a term given to a political philosophy tradition and disposition in Canada. In the political tradition of some English-speaking countries, the term Tory has referred to a variety of political parties and Creeds since it was The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Richard Bedford Bennett 1st Viscount Bennett PC KC ( July 3, 1870 &ndash June 26, 1947) was a Canadian Not to be confused with his cousin Frederick Borden, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence from 1896 to 1911 Sir John Alexander Macdonald GCB, KCMG, PC ( January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister He is passionately opposed to Canadian economic integration with the U. S. , including the North American Free Trade Agreement, which he says impedes Canada's economic and cultural sovereignty. He has repeatedly criticized many aspects of the United States, including its politicians, business leaders, and social culture. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Orchard supports government social programs, and is a strong supporter of the environment. Orchard is a devoted monarchist, and supports an increase in federal powers at the expense of the provinces. Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment preservation or restoration of a Monarchy as a Form of government in a nation He also supported the campaign against the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords, calling them "The mortal weakening of the central government". The Meech Lake Accord was a set of failed amendments to the Constitution of Canada negotiated in 1987 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the provincial The Charlottetown Accord was a package of constitutional amendments proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. He also advocates that 3 to 5 % of the Gross Domestic Product go to military spending. He is opposed to gun control. Gun politics is a set of legal issues surrounding the ownership use and regulation of firearms as well as safety issues related to firearms both through their direct use and through He is a social conservative, and believes in the traditional definition of marriage. [1]
Orchard describes his own views as being conservative in the "historical mainstream" and "centrist" of the PC party, and claimed they would appeal to moderate Canadians. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Orchard's beliefs are perhaps best likened to that of the traditional, British Tory, which although historically common in Canada, lost much of their relevance since the rise of the so-called neoconservative faction. He has been shunned by many conservatives, who often accuse him of being out of step with modern conservatism and too far to the left. Such claims were common during his bids for PC leader, when he was accused being an opportunist who tried to practise entryism, and take over the Progressive Conservative Party and steer it sharply to the left and away from modern conservatism. Entryism (or entrism or enterism) is a political tactic by which an organisation encourages members to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits
He has never been elected to the Canadian House of Commons or to any public office. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and He sought election in the federal riding of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in the 2000 federal election. An electoral district (also known as a Constituency or a riding in the Canadian English political Jargon) is a geographically-based Prince Albert is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of He placed a distant fourth, although with the highest percentage vote received by a Progressive Conservative candidate in Saskatchewan since 1993.
1998 Progressive Conservative leadership campaign
Orchard ran twice in PC leadership elections: in 1998 and in 2003. The first Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Leadership convention was held in 1927 when the party was called the Conservative Party. In his first attempt, he finished a distant second to Joe Clark on the final ballot but attracted a very different group of supporters to the Tory party in doing so. Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5 1939 is a Canadian Journalist, Politician, Statesman Many of Orchard's supporters were former members of the other political parties in Canada and two of Orchard's most prominent endorsers in the leadership bid were the leaders of the Green parties of British Columbia and Ontario. The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. The Green Party of Ontario ( GPO) is a political party in Ontario Canada. During the relatively quiet race, Clark famously referred to Orchard as a "tourist" in the Tory party because of his left-leaning economic platform and opposition to the free trade agreements brokered by the Mulroney government. Martin Brian Mulroney PC CC GOQ (predominantly known as Brian Mulroney) (born March 20, 1939) was the eighteenth In one debate, opponent Brian Pallister quipped that "Mr. Brian William Pallister (born July 6, 1954) is a Canadian politician Orchard is so left-wing, he thinks Svend Robinson is a right-wing maniac. Svend Robinson (born March 4, 1952) is a Canadian politician Canada's first openly Homosexual elected official and a prominent activist "
However, Orchard did gain respect from PC circles when he chose to stick with the Tories after Clark's victory. Orchard and his political advisor Marjaleena Repo worked hard after his failed leadership bid to rebuild several Saskatchewan PC constituency associations and improve PC membership sales across Canada. Orchard was one of Clark's staunchest defenders during the lead-up to the August 2002 convention that saw Clark resign as Tory leader after the disintegration of the parliamentary PC-Democratic Representative Caucus coalition in May 2002. The Democratic Representative Caucus was a group of Canadian Members of Parliament who left the Canadian Alliance in 2001 in protest against the leadership
2003 Progressive Conservative leadership campaign
Respect for Orchard grew in the Red Tory wing of the PC Party: roughly one-quarter of the party membership supported him during the 2003 PC leadership campaign, including Joe Clark's wife, Maureen McTeer[2] Orchard ultimately came in third on the third ballot in the 2003 PC convention, behind Nova Scotia Member of Parliament (MP) Peter MacKay and Calgary lawyer Jim Prentice. Maureen Anne McTeer (born February 27, 1952) is an Author and a Lawyer, and the wife of Joe Clark, the 16th Prime Minister of A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP (born September 27, 1965) serves as the Member of Parliament (MP for Central Nova James "Jim" Prentice, PC, MP (born July 20, 1956, in South Porcupine, Ontario near Timmins) Orchard decided to support Peter MacKay over Jim Prentice due to the latter's implicit support for a United Alternative (merger of the party with the Canadian Alliance (CA) party). Unite the Right, also called the United Alternative, was a Canadian Political movement from 1997 to 2003 The Canadian Alliance (in French Alliance Canadienne) formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (or in French Alliance réformiste-conservateur However, Orchard's support, which helped Peter MacKay win the leadership, came at price. MacKay had to agree to a backroom deal or "gentleman's agreement" to seal support from Orchard's largely loyal delegates on the final ballot.
The MacKay-Orchard deal
The deal promised a review of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, no joint candidates with the Canadian Alliance, and a promise to redouble efforts to rebuild the national status of the Progressive Conservative Party. The Free Trade Agreement ( FTA) was a Trade agreement signed by Canada and the United States on October 4th 1988. The agreement also included reexamining the PC Party's policies on government subsidies for national railways and preserving the environment. This agreement was controversial, and some time passed before it was released to the public. Many in the PC Party approved of the deal, including leadership candidate Scott Brison. Scott A Brison, PC, MP (born 10 May 1967, Windsor Nova Scotia) is a Canadian Politician.
At first MacKay had seemed to be willing to adhere to the deal. In July, MacKay struck up a "Blue Ribbon PC Policy Review Panel", chaired by Tory MP Bill Casey, in order to reexamine the party's policies on NAFTA. Bill Casey can also refer to former CIA director William J Casey. But MacKay soon violated the deal by encouraging talks between high-profile members of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives. In October 2003, the talks culminated in federal conservative leaders Peter MacKay and Stephen Harper signing an agreement in principle to merge the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance to form the new Conservative Party of Canada. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Honorific prefixes --> Stephen Joseph Harper PC The Conservative Party of Canada ( Parti conservateur du Canada) colloquially known as the " Tories " is a conservative
Anti-merger activist
Orchard unsuccessfully attempted to prevent the merger. In a high-profile news conference in early November he suggested that the new Conservative Party of Canada was "an abomination, sired in betrayal and born out of deception. " He urged PC Party members to vote "no" on any referendum and also encouraged "loyal members" to express their frustrations with Peter MacKay. Orchard argued that his efforts were not based on self-promotion but rather on preserving one of Canada's founding parties and preventing a take-over over of the moderate values and membership of the PCs by the neoconservative values of the Alliance membership.
Orchard was convinced that a merger with an "upstart prairie populist protest movement" was unnecessary. Orchard argued that before the merger was announced, the Canadian Alliance and its leader, Stephen Harper, were highly unpopular and a moment was fast approaching for the PCs to reemerge as the national alternative to the governing Liberals. Orchard suggested that MacKay's "traitorous" actions put the above scenario in jeopardy. Some other notable Tories such as Joe Clark, Flora MacDonald, Brian Peckford and Sinclair Stevens also opposed the merger. For the Scottish Jacobite heroine see Flora MacDonald (Scottish Jacobite Flora Isabel MacDonald, P Alfred Brian Peckford PC (born August 27, 1942) is a former teacher politician and premier of Newfoundland. Sinclair McKnight Stevens, PC (born February 11, 1927) is a former Canadian parliamentarian
In a last-ditch attempt to stop the merger, Orchard went to court, seeking an injunction against the merger vote. An injunction is an Equitable remedy in the form of a Court order, whereby a party is required to do or interact with in certain ways all right or to refrain from The case was thrown out of court on the grounds that a merger through a "national convention" did not violate the PC Party constitution. The merger was ratified with 96% support by members of the Canadian Alliance in a one-member-one-vote process on December 5. The PC Party opted for a "virtual convention" in which delegates were selected in ridings and then attended local provincial urban centres in which they voted for or against the merger.
Orchard described the process as fraudulent and undemocratic, as the convention delegates never actually voted together in any fixed location. The convention produced a result in which 90. 5% of the Progressive Conservative Party delegates voted in favour of the merger. However, Orchard and other opponents claimed the result was not representative of the true PC membership, pointing out that new memberships in the party were sold almost up to the day of the vote, and the number of members nearly doubled.
A lost battle
Many analysts have suggested that Orchard's battle to preserve the PC Party may have been vigorous but ultimately pointless. By the time the agreement in principle was formalized in October, the fate of the PC Party may have been practically sealed. Orchard himself had commented as early as September that the party's preparations for a widely expected 2004 federal election were in disarray. The Canadian federal election 2004 (more formally the 38th General Election) was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Since becoming leader, MacKay and the party's ruling council had done little to facilitate election readiness and preparation which may have been an early signal of MacKay's intentions to not run a full slate of 308 PC candidates in the expected election.
Orchard also faced speculation from some opponents and journalists in regard to his motivations to preserve the Progressive Conservative political name brand. Some critics suggested that he was really attempting to undermine Peter MacKay's merger stance in order to force a resignation and prompt another leadership race, allowing for a "takeover" by Orchard and his supporters.
Aftermath
At first, Orchard refused to join or work with the new party. In February 2004, he was asked to take over the leadership of the struggling Canadian Action Party after the resignation of its leader, Paul Hellyer, but Orchard declined. The Canadian Action Party (CAP (French Parti action canadienne (PAC is a Canadian federal Political party founded in 1997 Paul Theodore Hellyer, PC (born 6 August 1923) is a Canadian Politician and commentator who has had a long and varied career There were also rumours that Orchard was in discussions over a future Saskatchewan rural riding candidacy for the Saskatchewan Party, and Orchard's name was frequently touted as a possible future leadership contender for the Green Party of Canada. The Saskatchewan Party is a Centre-right Political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Political party founded in 1983 with around 9000 registered members as of November 2007.
Shortly before the Conservative Party's March 2005 policy convention, Orchard had his membership revoked by the party and was denied access to the event. "The council decided that it was in the interests of the party that they didn't want him to be a member of the party any longer," said Ian Brodie, the executive director of the Conservative Party.
Orchard continues to write for major newspapers, presents lectures in Canada's universities on foreign policy and environmental issues, and continues working in the organic farming business.
On January 31, 2006, a Toronto judge ordered the Conservative Party of Canada to pay Orchard $70,000, the funds from his 2003 leadership campaign which he had been owed since then. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The CPC had previously insisted on Orchard's signing a pledge not to sue Peter MacKay over issues resulting from the agreement signed at the 2003 PC Leadership Convention in order to settle the affair, which Orchard refused to do. [3]
Orchard joins the Liberals
On November 19, 2005, CBC Radio News reported that the Liberals were trying to recruit Orchard as a candidate in the 2006 federal election. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CBC Radio is the Radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally the 39th General Election) was held on January 23 2006 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the According to the report, Orchard would be a Liberal candidate in either Saskatchewan or rural Ontario. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Orchard did not run as a Liberal in the 2006 federal election but he announced his support for the Liberals and campaigned for Chris Axworthy. The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally the 39th General Election) was held on January 23 2006 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the [4] Orchard also officially became a member of the Liberal Party of Canada during the 2006 election. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political
After Liberals were defeated, and Liberal leader Paul Martin stepped down, there was some media speculation that Orchard would seek the Liberal Party leadership. Paul Edgar Philippe Martin. PC, MP (also known as Paul Martin Jr The Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention of 2006 was prompted by Paul Martin 's announcement that he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada into another [5] Instead, on August 17th, 2006 Orchard endorsed Stéphane Dion to be the next leader of the federal Liberal Party. Stéphane Maurice Dion PC not change it to "Liberal"! --> MP [6] At the 2006 leadership convention, Orchard led a group of approximately 150 delegates, including 32 from Saskatchewan, in support of Dion. Those delegates ended up being pivotal in helping Dion pass Gerard Kennedy for third place on the first convention ballot, and eventually win the leadership when Kennedy swung his own support behind Dion after the second ballot. This article is about the politician For the actor see Gerard Kennedy (actor. Orchard declared that he would be seeking the nomination in the Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River as a Liberal candidate in the forthcoming by-election in that riding. Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River (formerly known as Churchill River) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that Orchard's nomination fight was terminated on January 3, 2008 when Dion announced via a news release that Joan Beatty would be appointed as the candidate for that riding, a decision that was the subject of some controversy. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Joan Beatty is a Canadian Politician. She was the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the [7]
Métis leader Jim Durocher, an Orchard supporter, wrote a letter to Dion complaining about his decision to appoint a candidate rather than allow for party members to vote in a nomination meeting. A Métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences regarded as racial or the descendant of such persons He argued that "the people of this riding resent, and I personally resent mightily, the attitude of certain southerners that they know what's best for our riding. " Durocher, a former Liberal candidate, also told Dion "If you impose Joan Beatty, the Liberals will lose this riding. "[8]
The media reported that Liberal party House Leader and Saskatchewan MP Ralph Goodale, a former finance minister, was opposed to Orchard's candidacy in the by-election. In Canada, each political party with representation in the House of Commons has a House Leader who is a Front bench Member of Parliament (MP and an expert Ralph Edward Goodale, PC, MP (born October 5, 1949, in Regina Saskatchewan) was Canada 's Minister of Finance The Minister of Finance (Ministre des Finances is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's [9]
References
- ^ Ivison, John, 'Orchard boosts Dion's farm team,' National Post, August 17, 2006. The National Post is a Canadian English-language national Newspaper based in Don Mills, Ontario, a district of
- ^ '2003 PC Leadership Race,' Progressive Group for Independent Business, accessed December 4, 2006
- ^ 'Judge awards Orchard $70,000', CBC News, January 31, 2006
- ^ 'Orchard offers support to Grits - Former leadership hopeful says Conservative gov't would work with Bloc,' Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, January 11, 2006
- ^ 'Ex-Tory Orchard mulls bid for Liberal leadership,' Globe and Mail, March 28, 2006. The Progressive Group for Independent Business (PGIB is a membership-funded right-wing business group in Canada founded in 1992 with the goal of promoting "less government Established in the 1930s, CBC News is the department within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs The StarPhoenix is a daily Newspaper that serves Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and is a part of CanWest News Service. The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities
- ^ Clark, Campbell, 'MacKay's kingmaker backs Dion,' Globe and Mail, August 17, 2006
- ^ "Former Sask. NDP cabinet minister will run as Liberal in federal byelection", Canadian Press, January 3, 2008
- ^ "Rift opens in Liberal party over appointment of NDP MLA to run in Saskatchewan", Canadian Press, January 4, 2008
- ^ Delacourt, Susan, "Dion accused of snubbing Orchard", Toronto Star, January 5, 2008
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