Original sentence: David Orchard is a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party.He is a fierce Economic Nationalist and believes strongly of Canadian institutions such as the Monarchy.However many of his critics, both within the Conservative party and elsewhere, accuse him of being little more than an opportunist socialist who belongs in the New Democratic Party.In 1998 he did poorly, but attracted a very different group of supporters to the Tory party.Orchard helped Peter MacKay win the leadership with a deal.Orchard is working to kill the merger with the Canadian Alliance and prevent Canada's founding party from being merged.Orchard was born in Borden, Saskatchewan in 1950 and is a 4th generation grain farmer of British Heritage.Some other notable Tories such as former Prime Minister and last PC Leader Joe Clark, sides with Orchard on the merger issue.THey also accuse him of trying to hijack the weak PC Party and steer it in a more radical direction, However he describes his own views as being in the "Historical Mainstream" and "Centrist" of the Tory Party and would appeal to moderate Canadians
Edited sentence: David Orchard is a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party and a fierce Canadian Nationalist and defender of Canadian institutions such as the Monarchy.David helped Peter MacKay win the leadership with a deal.Former PM and last PC Leader Joe Clark, sides with Orchard on the merger issue.However many of his critics, both within the Conservative party and elsewhere, accuse him of being little more than an opportunist socialist and should belong in the New Democratic Party and also accuse him trying to hijack the weak PC Party and steer it in a more radical direction, However he describes his own views as being in the "Historical Mainstream" and "Centrist" of the Tory Party.Orchard has vowed to kill the merger with the Canadian Alliance and save Canada's founding party from being wiped out.Orchard was born in Borden, Saskatchewan in 1950 and is a 4th generation grain farmer and is of British Heritage.and would appeal to moderate Canadians