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According to Doug Martindale, Orlikow “ never really retired ” from politics in that Orlikow was always researching various issues and providing the information he gathered to various Manitoba NDP MLAs and MPs.

Orlikow was a frequent visiter to the Manitoba Legislature ’ s library and, even when hospitalized, he managed to transform his hospital room into a mini office.

During the last week of his life, Orlikow was researching the financial impact of smoking on the health care system, and what types of lawsuits he figured the Federal and Provincial governments should launch against the tobacco industry to recover some of the cost.