David Tkachuk (born February 18, 1945) is a Canadian teacher, executive and politician. Tkachuk was a member of the Senate of Canada, representing Saskatchewan from 1993 to 2020.
David Tkachuk was born on February 18, 1945, to George and Pauline (née Berezowski) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He had a younger sister named Darlene who died in 2004. He is a second generation Canadian-Ukrainian as maternal grandparents were from the region of Sokal, Ukraine. The origin of his paternal grandparents is unknown.[citation needed]
Tkachuk has been chairman of the John Diefenbaker Society since 1992, and was instrumental in arranging funding to keep the former prime minister's papers at the University of Saskatchewan's John G. Diefenbaker Centre. He also serves as president of Blackstrap Hospitality Corporation, and is on the board of Calian Technologies Ltd. He is also active in the Ukrainian community.
Following the retirement of Raynell Andreychuk on August 14, 2019, he was the longest-serving member of the Senate, until his own retirement on February 18, 2020. He was the last remaining senate appointee of the Mulroney ministry.
Controversyedit
Tkachuk was involved in the Canadian Senate expenses scandal, serving as one of a three-member senate committee whose report was accused of seeking to whitewash Duffy's fallacious claims for living expenses.[1]
Senator David Tkachuk while speaking to the pro-pipeline crowd at Parliament Hill on February 20, 2019, urged the group to "roll over every Liberal left in the country". He continued, "When they are gone, these bills are gone." Given that 10 people were killed in the terrorist attack in April 2018 in North York after being run over by a van, Member of Parliament for Willowdale Ali Ehsassi released a statement which condemned the Senator for inciting violence against Canadians and demanded that Senator Tkachuk be forced to resign and called for his removal from the Conservative Caucus.[2]CPC leader Andrew Scheer, who also attended the event, was criticized for failing to take action against Tkachuk, who has refused to apologize and claimed that he was speaking figuratively.[3]
Referencesedit
^"A look at some of the less familiar faces to appear in the Mike Duffy trial", The Canadian Press
^Ehsassi, Ali (2019-02-23). "Please see my statement calling on @AndrewScheer to remove Senator David Tkachuk from Conservative caucus.pic.twitter.com/tKtElyKc2A". @AliEhsassi. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
^"Senator won't apologize for telling protesters to 'roll over every Liberal'"
External linksedit
David Tkachuk – Parliament of Canada biography
January 01, 1970
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources David Tkachuk news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message David Tkachuk born February 18 1945 is a Canadian teacher executive and politician Tkachuk was a member of the Senate of Canada representing Saskatchewan from 1993 to 2020 The HonourableDavid TkachukSenator for SaskatchewanIn office June 8 1993 February 18 2020Nominated byBrian MulroneyAppointed byRay HnatyshynSucceeded byDavid ArnotPersonal detailsBorn 1945 02 18 February 18 1945 age 79 Saskatoon Saskatchewan CanadaPolitical partyConservative Party of CanadaOther politicalaffiliationsSaskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party Social Credit Party of British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Contents 1 Life and career 2 Controversy 3 References 4 External linksLife and career editDavid Tkachuk was born on February 18 1945 to George and Pauline nee Berezowski in Saskatoon Saskatchewan He had a younger sister named Darlene who died in 2004 He is a second generation Canadian Ukrainian as maternal grandparents were from the region of Sokal Ukraine The origin of his paternal grandparents is unknown citation needed Tkachuk graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Arts in 1965 and earned a teaching certificate in 1966 Tkachuk joined the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party in 1974 He helped build the then moribund organization into an electoral force that was able to form government in Saskatchewan under Grant Devine Tkachuk served in the Premier s Office as Devine s principal secretary Tkachuk also worked for the British Columbia Social Credit Party for one year citation needed Also a long time worker for the federal Progressive Conservative Party Tkachuk was appointed to the Senate in June 1993 on the recommendation of Brian Mulroney weeks before his retirement as Prime Minister of Canada He served in the Senate as a Progressive Conservative until the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives in 2003 then sat as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada In March 2005 Conservative leader Stephen Harper appointed Tkachuk to the position of Senate Chair for the party s 2006 election campaign Tkachuk previously served as co chair of the Progressive Conservative s 1997 election campaign Tkachuk has been chairman of the John Diefenbaker Society since 1992 and was instrumental in arranging funding to keep the former prime minister s papers at the University of Saskatchewan s John G Diefenbaker Centre He also serves as president of Blackstrap Hospitality Corporation and is on the board of Calian Technologies Ltd He is also active in the Ukrainian community Following the retirement of Raynell Andreychuk on August 14 2019 he was the longest serving member of the Senate until his own retirement on February 18 2020 He was the last remaining senate appointee of the Mulroney ministry Controversy editTkachuk was involved in the Canadian Senate expenses scandal serving as one of a three member senate committee whose report was accused of seeking to whitewash Duffy s fallacious claims for living expenses 1 Senator David Tkachuk while speaking to the pro pipeline crowd at Parliament Hill on February 20 2019 urged the group to roll over every Liberal left in the country He continued When they are gone these bills are gone Given that 10 people were killed in the terrorist attack in April 2018 in North York after being run over by a van Member of Parliament for Willowdale Ali Ehsassi released a statement which condemned the Senator for inciting violence against Canadians and demanded that Senator Tkachuk be forced to resign and called for his removal from the Conservative Caucus 2 CPC leader Andrew Scheer who also attended the event was criticized for failing to take action against Tkachuk who has refused to apologize and claimed that he was speaking figuratively 3 References edit A look at some of the less familiar faces to appear in the Mike Duffy trial The Canadian Press Ehsassi Ali 2019 02 23 Please see my statement calling on AndrewScheer to remove Senator David Tkachuk from Conservative caucus pic twitter com tKtElyKc2A AliEhsassi Retrieved 2019 02 25 Senator won t apologize for telling protesters to roll over every Liberal External links editDavid Tkachuk Parliament of Canada biography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Tkachuk amp oldid 1141008329, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
