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Date Posted: 18:14:09 04/12/03 Sat
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GM, from ToryDraft.com:
I agree with Mr. Strycharz on one point. Members of the party have a choice to make. Mr. MacKay is clearly the status quo man. This has cost three elections. Mr. Brison supports North American integration. This will cost our sovereignty.
I can’t say what Mr. Prentice supports because his policy changes daily. That’s not leadership, that’s pandering.
Regarding Mr. Prentice, he has released a number of policy documents already. I think delegates will be very interested in what he has to say on a number of policy subjects in the coming weeks. However it doesn't take much digging to find out more about Prentice. I've no doubt that even a few Orchard supporters would find some of Prentice's qualities and views quite attractive indeed.
And you know, try as I might, I can't find anything specific on Mr. Orchard "policy". Granted, there's a lot of material and opinion presented within his web site and various articles.
Reading his material, I find that the two strongest themes are sovereignty (most often raised as opposition to NAFTA, MAI, and foreign investment) and the environment. I've seen him speak a number of times, and it is these themes that he tends to dwell on, particularily to university crowds and what might be broadly labelled as anti-globalization groups.
To net it all out to simple terms then, David Orchard appears to be, to me at least:
- Pro sovereignty
- Pro environment
- In favour of swinging the PC Party to the left (his own commentary)
- In favour of moving the PC Party to the centre (his own commentary - well, which is it?)
Interestingly enough, Jim Prentice is:
+ Pro sovereignty (a core campaign plank)
+ Pro environment (Jim represented the landowners in the celebrated Whaleback case where, against long odds, a small ranching community of thirteen families achieved something truly special: preserving a unique natural area for future generations instead of seeing exploration wells drilled there. He has real a connection with the land and our environment.)
+ And everything I know about Jim places him pretty firmly in the middle of public opinion. In favour of maintaining the connection between the PC Party and the broadest group of Canadians. Call it the centre, call it "Canadian" thinking. His "main street" campaign is attractive to *Canadians* and doesn't pander to special interest groups on either side of the political spectrum.
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