The populist iconoclast David Orchard who was stabbed in the back by Peter McKay over the merger of the PC's with Harpers Alliance Party, never forgets. Nor should we. Last April he wrote; David Orchard campaign says Conservatives as unethical as Liberals
And it applies as much in this election as the one the Harperites were hoping for last spring. In fact the unethical behaviour of the Conservative party regarding David Orchard came back to bite them in the ass just before this election was called.
Two and a half years after the Progressive Conservative leadership race, the Conservative Party of Canada has yet to pay David Orchard more than $70,000. About $55,000 of that is owed to the Borden-area farmer from donations to his leadership campaign.
Nor has the Harper yet released who donated to his leadership race where he defeated Peter McKay for the leadership of the newly merged Conservative party.
So when it comes to ethics Mackay and Harper prove that old cliche that the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, in Davids Orchard.
Rumours had it that Orchard might run for the Liberals, it was a reporters fantasy, but that would never be. He is too principled for that. Unlike his opponents for the PC Leadership or those who now run the strange beast that is the Reform/Alliance/PC Conservatives.
David is still fighting NAFTA and is the only Canadian to continue to offer a real solution to the Soft Wood Lumber crisis, Abrogate NAFTA.
Wanna disrupt a Conservative rally? Just start chanting; Orchard! Orchard!
The whole 'David Orchard as Liberal candidate' may not be as far-fetched as you think. Back in October, his name was being thrown around as a potential candidate in the riding of Simcoe-Grey in Ontario. An odd idea, I know, but someone was certainly pushing the idea...
ReplyDeleteHey scoop its wasn't me it was actually the reporter who wrote the article linked that said "in my fantasy", and the rumour may have originated from the PMO office which is interesting in itself.
ReplyDeleteWell, the Libs were certainly polling the Orchard name with a list of potential candidates for the riding... I tried to get confirmation from the man himself, but he never replied...
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