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Craig B. Chandler (born 1970) is a Canadian businessman, buffoon, pundit, and political and religious nutbar. He was a candidate at the 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership convention. He is a co-founder of the Progressive Group for Independent Business (PGIB), and currently serves as an executive director of the organization. Chandler currently resides in Calgary with his wife and children. Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership convention was held on May 31, 2003 to elect a leader or the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. ...
The Progressive Group for Independent Business (PGIB) is a a membership funded right-wing think-tank and business lobby group that was founded in 1992 with the goal of promoting less government, lower taxes and political accountability. ...
Early political experience
In 1989, Chandler joined the Reform Party of Canada and was the founder of the Young Reformers on the campus of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He served on the Board of Directors of the Burlington Reform Party constituency association for four years, and was an organizer and fundraiser for the party's fledgling Ontario wing. In the 1993 federal election, Chandler ran as a Reform Party candidate in the riding of Hamilton Mountain. He finished in a distant second place with 10 297 votes in comparison to the incumbent Liberal Party of Canada MP Beth Phinney who received 27, 218. Chandler was befuddled by a bizarre event in the last days of the campaign: his campaign manager was said to have committed suicide in the days before the vote and Chandler to have not revealed the death until after the election. This was the subject of a police investigation, though Chandler was later cleared. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. ...
McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 18,238 full-time and 3,836 part-time students (as of 2006). ...
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Burlington is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. ...
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Hamilton Mountain refers to either the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, or the federal and provincial electoral district located on it. ...
The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ...
Elizabeth (Beth) Phinney (born June 19, 1938 in Paradise, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician. ...
Chandler then moved to Alberta, and ran in the 1997 provincial election as a candidate for the Social Credit Party of Alberta, led at that time by future Alberta Alliance party leader Randy Thorsteinson. Chandler ran in the riding of Calgary West, finishing with 1,100 votes, or 7.5% of the electorate. He later rejoined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and endorsed United Alternative candidate Brian Pallister in the party's 1998 Progressive Conservative leadership convention. The Alberta general election of 1997 was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. ...
The Social Credit Party of Alberta is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values. ...
The Alberta Alliance is a right wing political party in Alberta. ...
Randy Thorsteinson (born November 8, 1959) is a politician and businessman in Alberta, Canada. ...
for the Federal electoral district of the same name, see Calgary West Calgary West is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. ...
Brian William Pallister (born July 6, 1954) is a Canadian politician. ...
The first Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership convention was held in 1927, when the party was called the Conservative Party. ...
In 2000, Chandler's PGIB supported the creation of the Canadian Alliance and supported Stockwell Day in his bid to become Alliance leader on the second ballot. He appeared to support Keith Martin on the first ballot, though he now disputes this claim. In 2002, Chandler[1] and the PGIB[citation needed] backed Stephen Harper's successful bid for the leadership of the Alliance. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Canadian Alliance, formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance, was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. ...
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Also see: 2002 (number). ...
Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ...
Progressive Conservative leadership campaign In 2003, Chandler took out a membership in the Progressive Conservative Party in order to run in that party's 2003 leadership race. He ran on a platform of creating a coalition between the PC and Alliance party caucuses. He withdrew prior to voting in order to endorse the only other candidate that was open to tangible cooperation on the right, Calgary lawyer Jim Prentice. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership convention was held on May 31, 2003 to elect a leader or the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. ...
P. E. James Jim Prentice, PC, MP (born July 20, 1956, in South Porcupine, Timmins, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. ...
The night before the PC leadership convention, Chandler delivered a platform that the Canadian Press described as homophobic, fundamentalist and "neoconservative to the bone." James Muldoon, a fundraiser for front runner Peter MacKay, described Chandler as "the true black face of neoconservatism. He could live to be 100 and he'll never know the meaning of, I am my brother's keeper." [1]. Chandler's statements were called "bitter and resentful" by MacKay, whom Chandler criticized for supporting of the passage of Criminal Code of Canada amendment Bill C-250 that added homosexuals to the list of groups protected by hate crimes legislation. Chandler suggested that the amendment would lead to the banning of the Bible and other religious texts in schools and public libraries. Chandler complimented Tory MP Elsie Wayne on her "honest statements" about homosexuals, suggesting that no one has to apologize for having an opinion, even if it is not politically correct. This section of his twenty minute speech was booed by many delegates. The Canadian Press (CP) is a Canadian news agency established in 1917 as a vehicle to permit Canadian newspapers of the day to exchange their news and information. ...
Homophobia is a term used to describe: A culturally determined phobia manifesting as fear, revulsion, or contempt for homosexuality. ...
Fundamentalism is a movement to maintain strict adherence to founding principles. ...
Neoconservatism describes several distinct political ideologies which are considered new forms of conservatism. ...
Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, BA, LL.B, MP (born September 27, 1965) serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Central Nova, Nova Scotia, Canadas Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. ...
The Canadian Criminal Code (formal title An Act respecting the Criminal Law) is the codification of most of the criminal offenses and procedure in Canada. ...
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda), popularly known as Bill C-250, its title during the second session of the 37th Canadian parliament in which it was passed, was a controversial piece of Canadian legislation. ...
Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ...
A hate crime (bias crime), loosely defined, is a crime committed because of the perpetrators prejudices. ...
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Chandler also called for a formal union of the PC and CA parties, advocating an electoral coalition between the two parties that would eventually lead to a merger. Chandler proposed that:
- Currently elected PC and CA MPs would run uncontested for their nominations and stand as sole right-of-centre candidates in their respective ridings in the next election;
- Liberal Party, New Democratic Party or Bloc Québécois ridings where the PCs ran closest to first-place in the 2000 election would have a PC candidate running as the sole right-of-centre choice in the next election and vice versa for ridings where CA candidates came closest to first-place.
- After the next election, the elected parliamentary caucuses of both parties would work towards a full-fledged merger.
At the end of his speech Chandler was complimentary of the leadership qualities of his competitors David Orchard and Scott Brison, before endorsing and pledging support to Calgary lawyer Jim Prentice's leadership bid to the astonishment of many delegates in attendance [2]. The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ...
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David Orchard (born June 28, 1950, in Borden, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian political figure and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. ...
Scott A. Brison, PC, MP, BComm (born May 10, 1967), Windsor, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician. ...
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Impact in the leadership race Ultimately Chandler was a marginal candidate during the race, though his bid for leader did receive support from some members of the party's far right fringe. Some political humorists suggested that their first and only impressions of Chandler were that he was generally uninspiring in the party debates and that his ambition must have been "to be as charismatic as Joe Clark." With the exception of statements in one debate on CPAC where he openly apologized to the citizens of the United States for the Government of Canada's unwillingness to participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, his candidacy was largely ignored by the media until the dying days of the campaign. Chandler admitted in the Globe and Mail and the National Post (May 29, 2003) that he had never tried to seriously contest the leadership of the PC Party, but had instead served as a voice for the Progressive Group for Independent Business and their United Alternative efforts. PGIB donated $250,000 to Chandler's bid. Chandler also took a salary from the campaign of at least $50,000. Charles Joseph Joe Clark, PC, CC, AOE, MA, LLD (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980. ...
CPAC (English: Cable Public Affairs Channel and French: La Chaîne Daffaires Publiques Par Câble), is a Canadian cable television specialty service devoted to coverage of public and government affairs, including carrying a full, uninterrupted feed of proceedings of the Canadian House of Commons, with two separate audio...
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The subject of this article is the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ...
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Some political analysts have suggested that despite being a marginal candidate, Chandler may have had an influence on the final results of the leadership race [3]. While Chandler suggested in his speech that he had as many as 103 secret supporters amongst the "undeclared" delegates attending the function, most analysts suggest that Chandler only had 12 committed delegates from a few Calgary riding associations. Many of the undeclareds hailed from the failed candidacies of former PC cabinet minister Heward Grafftey and Tory MP André Bachand. Chandler withdrew from the race too late be removed from the first ballot. His supporters are believed to have voted in favour of Jim Prentice, whom Chandler had endorsed. Chandler was officially eliminated with 0 recorded delegates voting in his favour on the first ballot. The Honourable William Heward Grafftey, PC , BCL , BA (born August 5, 1928) is a Canadian politician and businessman. ...
André Bachand Not to be confused with André Bachand, Liberal MP from Missisquoi André Bachand (born December 8, 1961 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Richmond—Arthabaska as member of the Progressive Conservatives from 1997 to 2003. ...
After a second ballot, Red Tory leadership candidate Scott Brison emerged in fourth place, only 3 delegates behind Jim Prentice. Some analysts have suggested that Chandler and his dozen delegates helped prevent Prentice from coming in fourth, after Brison's supporters received a slight boost in size from defections by some of fellow Nova Scotia MP Peter MacKay's delegates. It is not clear whether the present political situation would have been any different if Brison had survived the second-ballot and faced off against David Orchard and Peter MacKay in the third and fourth ballots. That said, the results of the 2003 PC Leadership race were quite historical and Chandler did have some impact, even if the results were quite inadvertent. The Red Tory Tradition: Ancient Roots-New Routes, by Ron Dart Red Tory is a term given to a political philosophy, tradition, and disposition in Canada. ...
Scott A. Brison, PC, MP, BComm (born May 10, 1967), Windsor, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician. ...
Recent activities
Federal politics After the Tory leadership race, Chandler quickly receded from the public eye. He resurfaced briefly during the 2004 federal election, and during the March 2005 Conservative Party of Canada policy convention in Montreal. Both times he criticized Tory leader Stephen Harper's ambiguous positions on abortion, euthanasia, freedom of speech for evangelical Christians, same-sex marriage and civil union rights for common-law couples. Chandler also suggested that he resented Harper's attempts to "shut-up" socially conservative MPs. 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 Commons. ...
The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a conservative political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ...
Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ...
Euthanasia (from Ancient Greek: ευθανασία, good death) is the practice of ending the life of a terminally ill person in a painless or minimally painful way, for the purpose of limiting suffering. ...
Freedom of speech is the concept of being able to speak freely without censorship. ...
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In 2001, Chandler established a religious lobby group Concerned Christians Canada Inc. to rally support for Evangelical candidates, MPs and causes. Concerned Christians Canada Inc. ...
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In February of 2004, Chandler suggested on CBC Newsworld that he would be campaigning for the Conservative Party nomination in the next election in the riding of Calgary North Centre which is currently represented by Conservative MP Jim Prentice. This choice of riding is believed to be because of Prentice's continuing votes supporting same-sex marriage in Canada. However, Chandler's intentions were prematurely thwarted when the March CPC Policy Convention in Montreal voted in favour of allowing sitting Tory MPs to gain their nominations uncontested in minority government scenarios where elections are less predictable. CBC Newsworld is a Canadian 24-hour cable news television channel operated by the CBC. It broadcasts into over 10 million homes nation-wide, as well as into some northern states in the U.S. It is the worlds third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in...
Calgary Centre-North is a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Alberta. ...
Same-sex marriage was legalized across Canada by the Civil Marriage Act enacted on July 20, 2005. ...
Chandler wrote a controversial pre-Tory convention article for the March 15, 2005 issue of the Globe and Mail newspaper in which he criticized pro same-sex marriage MP Belinda Stronach, then a Conservative, as "a well-known liberal who has successfully infiltrated the new Conservative Party of Canada." He reiterated his statements on Stronach in an April 13 cover article on Belinda Stronach in Maclean's Magazine [4]. Belinda Caroline Stronach, PC, MP (born May 2, 1966 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian businessperson, philanthropist, politician, and a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons. ...
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Stronach later crossed the floor to the Liberal Party of Canada. In an interview on the program CBC News: The Hour with host George Stroumboulopoulos, Chandler suggested that Stronach's discomfort with the new Tory party's policies was a sign that the new Conservatives would not be "just another liberal party," and that her defection was "a victory for family values supporters". Stronach won reelection, defeating the Chandler-backed Conservative, Lois Brown. In politics, crossing the floor is to vote against party lines, especially where this is considered unusual or controversial. ...
The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ...
CBC News: The Hour is the title of a newsmagazine series in Canada, which started airing weekday evenings on CBC Newsworld, on January 17, 2005. ...
George Paul Stroumboulopoulos (born August 16, 1972 in Malton, now part of the City of Mississauga, Ontario), commonly nicknamed Strombo, is a Canadian television and radio personality. ...
This article is about family values as a political concept. ...
In late May of 2005, Chandler helped organize an anti-same-sex marriage rally in Toronto, Ontario that attracted 10,000 people. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked...
Provincial politics Chandler is rumored to be campaigning for the Progressive Conservative nomination of Calgary Egmont, which will likely occur between November 2007 and February 2008, regardless of whether the incumbent, Denis Herard, decides to step down. Calgary Egmont is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. ...
Denis Herard is a politician from Alberta, Canada. ...
Chandler, who is from Ontario, caused controversy in late August 2007 for comments stating, "to those of you who have come to our great land from out of province, you need to remember that you came to our home and we vote conservative." He further stated that if you do not vote conservative, then go back where you came from. This statement was strongly criticized by academics and the Premier of Alberta, Ed Stelmach.
Campaign manager Chandler claims to have managed 48 campaigns [5], presumably nominations, leadership races, and provincal and federal elections. Chandler also claims that 40 of these campaigns have been successful, however this is unverified.
In November 2004 during the 2004 Alberta provincial election, Craig Chandler managed the campaign of David Crutcher, an Alberta Alliance Party candidate in Calgary Egmont. Crutcher won 1,657 votes, or 14% of the total. David Crutcher received more votes then any other Alliance candidate in an urban riding. In 2005, David Crutcher ran for the leadership of the Alberta Alliance and Chandler managed his leadership campaign. Crutcher placed third out of four candidates. Alberta riding map showing the winning parties and their vote percentage in each won riding. ...
David Crutcher is a politician and small buisness man from Calgary, Alberta. ...
The Alberta Alliance is a right wing political party in Alberta, Canada. ...
Calgary Egmont is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. ...
David Crutcher is a politician and small buisness man from Calgary, Alberta. ...
The Alberta Alliance Party a conservative political party in Alberta, Canada, will be holding its second leadership convention on November 18 and 19, 2005, in Red Deer, Alberta. ...
In the media Chandler is the host of a radio show on AM 1140 in Calgary called Freedom Radio Network (the "FRN"). In January 2007, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (the "CBSC") made a decision in a complaint against CHRB for airing a FRN episode in which Chandler made comments about the homosexual community. [6] CHRB (1140 AM, AM 1140 Radio) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. ...
Chandler also was involved in a documentary film titled, God Only Knows: Same Sex Marriage, which aired on CBC television's The Lens program. In the documentary, Chandler and Dylan Crozier, a gay pastor from Vancouver, each spent a week walking in the other person's shoes. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ...
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