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Where has David been?

 

Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 7 p.m.
Prairieland Park Building, Saskatoon Exhibitions Grounds, Saskatoon, SK
David Orchard presents to the Saskatchewan Uranium Development Hearings

Public consultations were being held across Saskatchewan, May 26 - July 31, 2009, to hear responses to Capturing the Full Potential of the Uranium Value Chain in Saskatchewan, a provincial government report which recommends the construction of a Saskatchewan nuclear reactor and supports the burial of nuclear waste in that province. For more information, go here.

Maple Leaf

David Orchard in B.C. May 3-11, 2009

Sunday, May 3, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch
Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Room
350 West Georgia Street (Georgia & Hamilton)
Underground Parking. Stadium Skytrain station.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009
7:30 p.m.

St. Matthias Church Hall
600 Richmond Avenue
Victoria, B.C.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Salt Spring Island Baptist Church

520 Lower Ganges Road
Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Thursday, May 7, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Day's Inn Harbourview
809 Island Hwy
Nanaimo, B.C.

For more information contact Rose-Marie Larsson tel 604-215-5580, rlarsson@telus.net

Two events with David Orchard in Montreal

Free, public events. Vanier College is at 821 avenue Sainte-Croix, Saint-Laurent, PQ.
Click on the posters above for full-size versions.

Monday, March 23, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Vanier College, Auditorium (A-103)

821 avenue Sainte-Croix, Saint-Laurent, PQ


Unearthing the truth
Dr. Joe Schwarcz debates David Orchard

Is organic food better for you and for the environment? Are GMO's part of the problem or part of the solution?

Dr. Joe Schwarcz is a well known science populariser, author, broadcaster. David Orchard is an organic farmer, author, national political figure.

For more information please contact Lili Petrovic at petrovil@vaniercollege.qc.ca

Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 12 noon
Vanier College, Auditorium (A-103)

821 avenue Sainte-Croix, Saint-Laurent, PQ


Humanitarian intervention challenged
Panel discussion commemorating NATO's 78-day bombing campaign of former Yugoslavia

James Bissett, former Canadian ambassador to Yugoslavia
David Orchard, national best-selling author, environmentalist, farmer and politician
Scott Taylor, publisher, author, war correspondent and ex-Canadian soldier

Part of an all day conference:

8:30 a.m. Lili Petrovic, "The decriminalization of agression"
10:00 a.m. Film, "Kosovo: can you imagine?" with director, Boris Malagurski present
12 noon Panel discussion with James Bissett, David Orchard and Scott Taylor
2:30 p.m. Film, "Yugoslavia: the avoidable war," with director George Bogdanich

For more information please contact Lili Petrovic at petrovil@vaniercollege.qc.ca

Wednesday, May 14 and Thursday, 15, 2008
4:00, 7:00pm.


The Ridge Theatre

3131 Arbutus Street (Arbutus and West 15th Ave.)
Vancouver, B.C.

HOODWINKED
The Myth of Free Trade

A film by Bill Dunn and Linda West
http://www.hoodwinked.ca

$12 evening, $9 matinee
$8 youth (14-17) and students with valid ID
$7 seniors and children

The U.S. Democratic presidential nomination race has put the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) back into the political discourse with both Barrack Obama and Hilary Clinton promising to renegotiate the agreement, if elected president. 

What is NAFTA? If it's true that Americans are unhappy with it, what about Canadians? Is this "trade agreement" good for Canada, as our government is telling us? What are the critics saying? Is NAFTA forcing Canada into closer integration with the U.S. and what does that mean?

Next week in Vancouver (May 14-15), The Ridge is screening Hoodwinked: the Myth of Free Trade, a film by Canadian film makers Bill Dunn and Linda West, that attempts to answer those questions and more. Using seldom seen archival material the film presents Canada's 400-year history and examines the relationship with its powerful neighbour leading up to the signing of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 1989 and NAFTA in 1993.  The film is narrated by historian and former Senator Laurier Lapierre and explores the issues raised by the agreements in interviews with former Prime Minister John Turner; sociologist Peter Urmetzer; Canada Research Chair for Social Justice and critic of neo-conservatism Shadia Drury; political economist and author Stephen Clarkson; economist Jim Stanford; David Orchard, farmer, politician and author of The Fight for Canada — Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism; and the late Dalton Camp, writer and former strategist for the Progressive Conservative Party.

This film is an excellent introduction to what "free trade" with the U.S. means for Canada — please pass the word!

Tuesday, April 18, 2008 1 p.m.
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST)
Woodland Campus, 1100 – 15th Street East, Prince Albert, SK

"Renewable energy, sustainable resources, and trade"
David Orchard speaks to the 5th Annual Resource Issues In Saskatchewan Conference: The Future of Our Natural Resources

Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:00 p.m.
Public forum on Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence: "The New World Order — International Law Need Not Apply"
Speakers: James Bissett, former Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia; David Orchard, author, farmer, politician; Scott Taylor, author, journalist, editor-in-chief of Esprit de Corps Magazine

Education Building North, Room ED N2 115 (between 112-114 street, on 87 Avenue.)
University of Alberta, Edmonton

"The United Nations incorporated the principles of territorial integrity and state sovereignty into the United Nations Charter. The Helsinki Final Act of 1975 reinforced the U.N. declaration by adding to them the principle of the inviolability of borders. These are fundamental principles with universal application. They cannot be set aside because of special cases or because they present an obstacle to the policy objectives of economically powerful nations."

All welcome, free admission.

To hear David Orchard's remarks on Kosovo's unilateral declaration of separation made at a demonstration in Toronto, March 1, 2008 go here. To read his articles on the NATO/U.S. bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 go to "Canada at War", "Humanitarian bombing" and "Globalism's first victim."

Sunday, March 30, 2008, 12:44 p.m.
David Orchard speaks to a demonstration about Kosovo's unilateral declaration of separation
Phillips Square (corner of Saint-Catherine and Union), Montréal, PQ

David Orchard is speaking along with author and economist Michel Chossudovsky and Québec-Serbian novelist and playwright Negovan Rajic. Statements of support will be read from General Lewis Mackenzie; Canada's former ambassador to Yugoslavia, James Bissett; author and professor of criminal law, Michael Mandel; and City University, New York City, professor of European history, Barry Lituchy.

To hear David Orchard's remarks on Kosovo's unilateral declaration of separation made at a demonstration in Toronto, March 1, 2008 go here. To read his articles on the NATO/U.S. bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 go to "Canada at War", "Humanitarian bombing" and "Globalism's first victim."

Sunday, March 1, 2008 Toronto
David Orchard speaks to demonstration on Kosovo's unilateral declaration of separation

To read his articles on the NATO/U.S. bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 go to "Canada at War", "Humanitarian bombing" and "Globalism's first victim."

Friday, November 23 - Sunday, November 25, 2007
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre
168 Wall Street, Saskatoon, SK

"Making Canada Inclusive and Safe"
A conference sponsored by the Saskatchewan Intercultural Association
For full conference programme see http://www.siassoc.sk.ca/MCIS_Brochure.pdf

Sunday, November 25, 2007, 11 a.m.
Panel discussion with David Orchard, Liberal MP Andrew Telegdi, Kateri Pino and Joseph Garcia:
"Roles and Responsibilities in Making Canada Inclusive and Safe."

Registration fee:
Adult, incl. Friday banquet $60; conference only $35
Youth/Underemployed, incl. Friday banquet $30; conference only $10
For more information please contact Mahasti Khakpour tel 306-978-1818, e-mail makingcanadasafe@gmail.com

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 8:30 a.m. PT
David Orchard on CFAX Radio's "Public Eye" with talk show host Sean Holman

1070 AM on the dial in Victoria and southern Vancouver Island, or listen live on-line.

Sunday, July 1, 2007, 2 p.m.
Canada Day salmon barbecue with David Orchard in Vancouver

Scandinavian Cultural Centre
6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, B.C.
(just off the Trans-Canada Hwy at Kensington and Sprott , see http://scandinaviancentre.org/Trellix/location.htm)

David Orchard will be in Vancouver on Canada Day, July 1, 2007 to meet with friends and supporters and celebrate the day with a salmon barbecue at the Scandinavian Cultural Centre in Burnaby. All are welcome to attend this now traditional David Orchard event in Vancouver, to meet with and hear David speak on the issues facing Canada today, and celebrate our country with some west coast wild salmon and home cooked food.

Tickets for the barbecue are $20 (children under 12 are free). To reserve, please call or e-mail Rose-Marie Larsson at tel 604-215-5580, rlarsson@telus.net or purchase with a credit card here.

Winnipeg, Sunday, June 17, 2007
7 p.m. (doors open at 6:15 p.m.)
The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street

Screening of "Hoodwinked: the Myth of Free Trade"
A film by Bill Dunn and Linda West
Followed by a discussion led by David Orchard

Tickets: $10 or Pay What You Can (PWYC), available at the door. For more information call 306-664-8443 or toll free 1-877-937-8263, or davidorchard@sasktel.net

More dates are in the works — please check back for details!

Rich in seldom seen archival material covering Canada's 400-year history, Hoodwinked: The Myth of Free Trade is narrated by historian and former Senator Laurier LaPierre. It features interviews with former Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. John Turner, sociologist Peter Urmetzer, Canada Research Chair for Social Justice and critic of neo-conservatism Shadia Drury, political economist Stephen Clarkson, economist Jim Stanford, David Orchard, author of The Fight for Canada -- Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism, and the late Dalton Camp, writer and former strategist for the PC Party. To read more about the film, Bill Dunn and Linda West, and to download a poster please go to http://www.hoodwinked.ca

Saturday, June 16, 2007
12:30 p.m.

Manitoba Legislature, Winnipeg
Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Annual Walk for Peace

David Orchard, guest speaker: "Why is Canada in Afghanistan?"

Saturday, June 16, 2007
7 p.m.

Winnipeg Press Club, 331 Smith Street
Ramada Marlborough Hotel, Lower Level

David Orchard speaks on "Illegal Wars, Illegal Weapons: Vietnam to Afghanistan"

Full question and answer period. All welcome. Admission: $5/$2 students
Organized by the Peace Alliance Winnipeg

Wednesday, June 13, 2007
11:15 am (please note time change)

Radisson Hotel, Room Michelangelo B
405 20th St East, Saskatoon, SK

David Orchard presents to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly's Standing Committee on the Economy hearing on the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) and the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA). This is a public event open to all, part of two weeks of public hearings held in Regina, June 4-8, 2007, and Saskatoon, June 11-15, 2007.

For more information, a list of speakers and to listen live go here (click on "listen live"). Previous hearings – and tomorrow's after its conclusion – are available here.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
8:05 a.m. MB time

University of Winnipeg Radio, CKUW 95.9 FM, "The Beat" with Kent Davies
1/2 hour interview with David Orchard

Listen live online

Saskatoon, Sunday, June 3, 2007
2 p.m. (doors open at 1:30 p.m.)
Broadway Theatre, 715 Broadway Avenue

Saturday, May 12, 2007
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Arts Building Room 241, Whitby-Timlin Theatre
University of Saskatchewan Campus, Saskatoon

Shortline Railways: A Solution for Future Transport Needs
A symposium on the abandonment of CNR and CPR rail lines and the potential for shortline rail operations as an alternative sponsored by Transport 2000 Canada (Prairie Region). For more information contact Martin Wooldridge, President, tel 306-771-4669, mwooldridge@transport2000.ca

Panel:

Bernie Churko - Farmer, former General Manager of Prairie Farmer Rail Car Coalition

Roger Gadd - General Manager, Great Western Railway

Rod Haugerud - Mayor of Craik, SK

Lee Jebb - Cando Contracting

Elmer Laird - Farmer/Activist

Dave Marit - SARM President

Don Mitchell - Federal NDP Candidate, Pallister

David Orchard - Farmer/Activist

Peter Prebble - Saskatchewan NDP MLA, Saskatoon Greystone

Terry Pugh - National Farmers Union

Ed Zsombor - Dep. of Highways/Transportation Rail Services

Saturday, May 5, 2007, 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30)
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Room H - 531 (Hall Building)
Montreal, PQ

Hoodwinked: the Myth of Free Trade
A film by Bill Dunn and Linda West
Guest speaker: David Orchard

Tickets: $10, available at the door. For more information call toll free 1-877-937-8263 or 514-484-2589, grantorchard@bellnet.ca

Rich in seldom seen archival material covering Canada's 400-year history, Hoodwinked: The Myth of Free Trade is narrated by historian and former Senator Laurier LaPierre. It features interviews with former Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. John Turner, sociologist Peter Urmetzer, Canada Research Chair for Social Justice and critic of neo-conservatism Shadia Drury, political economist Stephen Clarkson, economist Jim Stanford, David Orchard, author of The Fight for Canada -- Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism, and the late Dalton Camp, writer and former strategist for the PC Party. To read more about the film, Bill Dunn and Linda West, and to download poster please go to http://www.hoodwinked.ca

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
2 p.m.

Howard Staff Farms, St., Catharines, ON

Speech by David Orchard to local farmers and residents at the invitation of Heather Carter, federal Liberal Candidate for Niagara West-Glanbrook.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
11 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Sarnia, ON

11 a.m. Press conference with former federal Agriculture Minister, The Hon. Ralph Ferguson, Tim Fugard, federal Liberal Candidate for Sarnia-Lambton, and David Orchard on the threat to supply management and the imports into Canada of untested, inadequately and misleadingly labelled food products; held at the farm home of Ralph and Dolores Ferguson, Sarnia.

12 noon - 6 p.m. Tour of Sarnia-Lambton with Tim Fugard: visit to local farms, including a stop by the Orchard ancestral 1870 homestead; tour of the Sarnia oil refinery district; visit to the Sarnia Occupational Health Clinic for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) and meeting with Executive Director, Dr. James Brophy and Dr. Jim Mackenzie regarding the alarming cancer rates in the Sarnia-Lambton area.

6 p.m. Dinnerwith David Orchardas guest speaker, the Brigantine Restaurant, Sarnia. Sponsored by Tim Fugard, federal Liberal Candidate for Sarnia-Lambton.

Monday, April 30, 2007, 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto
2 Sussex Drive, Toronto
(1 block south of Bloor St & St. George. Pay parking on Sussex, St. George and campus lots. Short walk from subway at Bloor & St. George. Wheelchair accessible.)

Hoodwinked: the Myth of Free Trade
A film by Bill Dunn and Linda West
Guest speaker: David Orchard

Tickets: $10, available at the door. For more information call toll free 1-877-937-8263 or 416-778-7027, grantorchard@bellnet.ca

Rich in seldom seen archival material covering Canada's 400-year history, Hoodwinked: The Myth of Free Trade is narrated by historian and former Senator Laurier LaPierre. It features interviews with former Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. John Turner, sociologist Peter Urmetzer, Canada Research Chair for Social Justice and critic of neo-conservatism Shadia Drury, political economist Stephen Clarkson, economist Jim Stanford, David Orchard, author of The Fight for Canada -- Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism, and the late Dalton Camp, writer and former strategist for the PC Party. To read more about the film, Bill Dunn and Linda West, and to download poster please go to http://www.hoodwinked.ca

Saskatoon, Thursday, March 22, 2007

Stéphane Dion speaks out for the Western farmer

In his first major public meeting in Saskatoon since winning the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada Stéphane Dion will reply to Stephen Harper's ongoing attack on prairie farmers and the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB).

Date: Sunday, April 1, 2007
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Bessborough Hotel (Battleford Room)
601 Spadina Crescent E.
Saskatoon

Over the past decade and a half, the Canadian Wheat Board has endured a dozen trade challenges from the U.S. industry seeking — unsuccessfully — its demise. Now, Stephen Harper and his government have joined in. For months, the Harper administration has been attacking, undermining and threatening to destroy the power of the Canadian Wheat Board.

According to Saskatoon-Wanuskewin Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott:

"The Canadian Wheat Board is the last bastion of socialist thought in western Canada. It is the only instrument remaining that owes its birthright to the Regina Manifesto and remains an instrument of eastern domination of western agriculture." (Letter from M. Vellacott, Farmers for Justice)

FACTS:

  • The Canadian Wheat Board was introduced by a Conservative government, that of R.B. Bennett, in response to farmers' demands for an end to exploitation by the large grain companies.
  • Starting from zero in the 1930s, the Canadian Wheat Board has grown to become the largest marketer of wheat and barley in the world.
  • The CWB is one of Canada's largest earners of foreign currency and has a reputation as the world's most prestigious marketing board. This international respect puts dollars in western pockets.
  • Based in Winnipeg, the CWB is a multi-billion dollar Canadian success story that gives the western farmer some clout.

Since its inception, for seven decades, the Canadian Wheat Board has been supported by every Canadian government. Until now.

If the Wheat Board is destroyed, as the Harper government intends, control of Canadian grain marketing will quickly move from the hands of Canadian farmers to those of the giant American grain companies. The east-west transportation links, built by Canadians, and the big grain terminals in ports from Prince Rupert to Quebec City, including Churchill, our only prairie seaport, will be crippled. The direct out of pocket cost to western farmers will be hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

Don't miss this chance to hear Stéphane Dion take on Stephen Harper on behalf of the west. Bring your friends, one and all!

For further information, contact: Saskatchewan Liberal Association, tel 306-522-8507, saskliberal@access.comm.ca and/or David Orchard at 306-652-7095 or davidorchard@sasktel.net

Saturday, March 17, 2007 9 am to 3 pm
St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan
1437 College Drive, Saskatoon, SK, see exact location and parking at http://www.stmcollege.ca/locations_maps.html
"Stop aggression!" Teach-in with Michael Mandel, David Orchard and others
Pan-Canadian day of action for peace on the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq

Keynote speaker: writer and activist, Professor Michael Mandel, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, author of How America Gets Away With Murder: Illegal Wars, Collateral Damage and Crimes Against Humanity

Workshops: "The War between Israel and Palestine" with Michael Mandel; "Illegal wars, illegal weapons: Vietnam to Afghanistan" with David Orchard; "How aggression destroys peacekeeping" with John Perry; "Depleted Uranium: the Saskatchewan Connection" with Marion Penna, Inter-Church Uranium Committee; "Propaganda: A Must See" with film maker Mike Fornssler

$10 (fully waged) or $5 (students, seniors, low income). Bring your own lunch.

Co-sponsored by Saskatoon Peace Coalition; United Nations Association of Canada – Saskatoon; St. Thomas More College Campus Ministry, and Citizens Concerned About Free Trade. For more information please call 306-653-5636 or 306-664-8443.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30)
National Library Auditorium
395 Wellington St.  Ottawa
Hoodwinked: the Myth of Free Trade

A film by Bill Dunn and Linda West
Guest speaker: David Orchard

Tickets $8.00 available at the door. Free parking. For more information please contact Grant Orchard at tel 1-877-937-8263, grantorchard@bellnet.ca

Rich in seldom seen archival material covering Canada's 400-year history, Hoodwinked: The Myth of Free Trade is narrated by historian and former Senator Laurier LaPierre. It features interviews with former Prime Minister John Turner, sociologist Peter Urmetzer, Canada Research Chair for Social Justice and critic of neo-conservatism Shadia Drury, political economists Stephen Clarkson and Jim Stanford, farmer and author David Orchard, and the late Dalton Camp, writer and strategist for the Progressive Conservative Party. For more information please visit http://www.hoodwinked.ca

Friday, November 24, 2006, 11:30 am
David Orchard speaks to the Laurier Liberal Ladies Club:
"Future directions for Canada and the Liberal Party"

Howard Johnson Restaurant
89 Meadowvale Drive
St. Catharines, ON

(Access from the service road just north of the QEW overpass off Lake Street)

All welcome. To reserve tickets, $20, please call Louise Mitchell at tel 905-935-2885.

Sunday, June 4, 2006 1:30 p.m.
Fifth Avenue Cinemas
2110 Burrard St. Vancouver, B.C.

Hoodwinked: the Myth of Free Trade
A film by Bill Dunn and Linda West
Guest speaker: David Orchard, author of The Fight for Canada – Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism

Rich in seldom seen archival material covering Canada's 400-year history, Hoodwinked: The Myth of Free Trade is narrated by historian and former Senator
Laurier LaPierre
. It features interviews with former Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. John Turner, sociologist Peter Urmetzer, Canada Research Chair for
Social Justice and critic of neo-conservatism Shadia Drury, political economist Stephen Clarkson, economist Jim Stanford, David Orchard, author of
The Fight for Canada – Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism, and the late Dalton Camp, writer and former strategist for the PC Party.

Camp, Clarkson, Drury, Orchard, Turner, Stanford and Urmetzer offer potent and inspired ideas about how we can protect and preserve the Canadian
way, resist Americanization, and remain strong in the face of neo-conservative ideology.

Author, farmer, twice contender for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party, now member of the Liberal party, David Orchard will speak immediately following the screening about the "myth" and what to do about it. A question and answer period follows. Tickets $8.00

Screenings of Hoodwinked with David Orchard as guest speaker are being planned for cities across Canada – watch this page for soon-to-be-announced dates!

Friday, January 27, 2006, 7-9:30 pm
Thornbrough Auditorium (next to University Centre)
University of Guelph, Guelph, ON


The Guelph Public Forum: "Organic food and energy challenges... the next 25 years"
Panel discussion with David Orchard; David Pimentel, Cornell University, NY, researcher on sustainable agriculture and energy; Judith Plant, BC publisher of alternative political and ecological books, and Helge Hellberg, Marin County, CA activist for ecological change. Moderator: Tomás Nimmo, Guelph Organic Conference Manager

This forum is part of the 25th Annual Guelph Organic Conference, January 26-29, 2006. Full question period. All welcome. $10 admission. For more information please contact tel 705-444-0923 e-mail: organix@georgian.net