STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings all! Long time— no see, because of not being able to send ANY mail to the Campaign for Canada list (the litany of computer and internet problems would fill a volume!). In case you have wondered, we are very much still "in business" — fighting for Canada in more ways than one. David Orchard has started to tour BC and has already had a couple of standing-room-only meetings. Please inform your BC friends, and share the unusual (unusually positive, that is) article on David Orchard by the Vancouver columnist Barbara Yaffe which is attached. (Yaffe has been a most vigorous "unite the right" booster, but is now changing her tune.) (NOTE: If you receive this mailout although you have asked to be removed from the list, please resend your request, because hundreds of our e-mail messages have been swallowed by the Son of Y2K. Likewise, if you have sent a message and have received no answer, resend if possible.) Marjaleena Repo for the David Orchard Campaign for Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------- DAVID ORCHARD JUNE B.C. SPEAKING TOUR: "GLOBALIZATION -- WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?" ====================================================== David Orchard, organic farmer, author of THE FIGHT FOR CANADA and runner-up to Joe Clark in the last federal Progressive Conservative Party leadership race, started his B.C. speaking tour in Vancouver, Wednesday, June 13, with a way-over-capacity filled public meeting in Vancouver (and continued Friday June 15 with an also overflow crowd meeting in Kelowna) continues with the following dates now scheduled: KAMLOOPS -- MONDAY, JUNE 18 7:30 p.m., Public meeting, Room Old Main 2621, University College of the Cariboo PRINCE GEORGE -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 9 - 9:30 a.m. The Ben Meisner open line programme, CKPG Radio 7 p.m. Public meeting, University of Northern B.C., Canfor Theatre VICTORIA -- FRIDAY, JUNE 22 10 - 10:45 a.m. The Joe Easingwood open line programme, CFAX Radio 1070 AM 7 p.m. Public meeting, St. Ann's Academy, 835 Humboldt St. PARKSVILLE/QUALICUM BEACH -- MONDAY, JUNE 25 7:30 p.m., Public meeting, Qualicum Civic Centre, Windsor Room, 747 Jones St., Qualicum Beach (just north of Parksville) SALT SPRING ISLAND -- TUESDAY, JUNE 26 7 p.m., Public meeting, All Saints Anglican Church, Ganges David Orchard — who belives strongly that the PC Party must stay clear of any merger or coalition with the Alliance and instead gain followers by developing policies "that fire the imagination of the voters" — will speak to questions like: * What is WTO? GATT? FTA? NAFTA? FTAA? * Is "free trade" helping or hindering Canada? * Why did we get FTA and NAFTA if Canadians voted against both? * Why were thousands protesting against the FTAA in Quebec City? * What is actually in the free trade agreements? * What is in NAFTA Chapter 11 and why is everybody talking about it? * Can we get out of these agreements? * How are the trade agreements affecting our environment? * Is Canada going to adopt the U.S. dollar? * Is "free trade" causing the energy price increases? * Why is there an 'agriculture crisis' in Canada and what are "genetically modified" foods? * Do the trade agreements protect our water? * and much, much more... Bring your own questions and friends! Free admission. All welcome. ----------- TORY ALSO-RAN HARKS BACK TO TRUDEAU IDEALS By Barbara Yaffe Vancouver Sun, June 13, 01 Those who finish second at leadership conventions often stick around to fight another day. Among those who best exemplify the trend -- Liberal leader-in-waiting Paul Martin and prominent New Democrat Svend Robinson. So, whatever happened to the guy who ran against Joe Clark for the Progressive Conservative leadership in 1998 and surprised everyone by coming in second? David Orchard remains an active member of the Tory party. He's regularly in touch with Mr. Clark, with whom he has a good relationship. "I've been working very hard to rebuild the party," he told me this week. The Saskatoon native in fact ran as a Conservative in Prince Albert in last November's election, losing to the Canadian Alliance's Brian Fitzpatrick. His campaign brochure included a quote from no less than the late Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who last summer had endorsed his candidacy: "I found your leadership campaign very interesting and I support your ideas. You're not a usual politician ... I will be supporting you and watching you from the side." Mr. Orchard doesn't rule out running again for the Conservative party leadership though he has no immediate plan to do so. For now, he supports Mr. Clark. That said, he has continued to study French. For the next few weeks, Mr. Orchard is in B.C. as part of a speaking tour that starts tonight at the Vancouver public library. He'll be offering a critique of free trade, selling Conservative party memberships and passing the hat to finance his tour. His primary message -- which he has shared with others in his party -- is that Conservatives should steer clear of any association or merger with the Canadian Alliance. Conservatives must remain a party of the centre. He also opposes formation of a new party by Alliance and Tory members. "It will be seen by the voters as a desperate gesture. The way to win is to have ideas and concepts that fire the imagination of voters. That's how John Diefenbaker won." Mr. Orchard believes the Alliance is in the process of collapsing, something he has long anticipated. There's no benefit in joining forces with Stockwell Day's clan. What the Tories should do is "just take their voters." To achieve that, Conservatives need to adjust their policies to focus on the fragile state of Canadian sovereignty. "The Tories have a long tradition of defending Canadian sovereignty, going back to Sir John A. Macdonald." The 50-year-old organic wheat farmer wants to incorporate more environmental concerns into party policy. (Tories have adopted Mr. Orchard's position in favour of mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods.) An opponent of NAFTA, Mr. Orchard recognizes the value of trade but opposes clauses in the the agreement Canada has signed that he says fail to safeguard domestic interests. For example, in the event of an energy shortage, under NAFTA Canada would be obliged to keep shipping to the U.S. the same level of any good, including energy, as was shipped before the shortage. Mr. Orchard, who opposed the Meech Lake accord, blames Brian Mulroney for the Tories' continuing difficulties and doesn't know why Mr. Clark keeps making public appearances with the former leader. Mr. Orchard notes that, since free trade, Canada's living standards have fallen in relation to the U.S. and many Canadian assets have fallen into American hands. "We are seeing our country being gobbled up by our powerful neighbour. There's a whole issue of whether we are going to have a country." Protection of Canadian sovereignty could be an effective campaign theme for the Conservatives given recent warnings from the Conference Board of Canada about companies moving south. In keeping with this theme, Mr. Orchard opposes dollarization -- having Canada adopt the U.S. currency. "It would hurt our exports and spell an end to any kind of independent economic policy in Canada." Mr. Orchard, a blushing red Tory, of course represents only one branch of conservatism. But he believes the future of his party is tied to its ability to fashion itself as moderate, progressive, environmentally sensitive and a champion of Canadian sovereignty. All of which, oddly enough, takes us back to themes that were prevalent in Mr. Trudeau's time. THE END ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) article at article at: http://www.vancouversun.com/ -- ********************************************************************* DAVID ORCHARD CAMPAIGN FOR CANADA Saskatoon: P.O.Box 1983, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 3S5 tel: (306)664-8443, fax: (306)244-3790 Toronto: #202 — 9 Bloor St. E., Toronto, ON, M4W 1A9 tel: (416)922-STOP(7867) fax: (416)922-7883 Vancouver: 210— 207 W. 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