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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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   >Read between his lines . . . .   
   >   
   >There's a sales tax coming for Alberta and the PCs don't want any opposition   
   >out there to challenge it.   
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   >Calgary Herald, Calgary Herald - December 18, 2014   
   >   
   >   
   >Manning likes the look of PC and Wildrose unity   
   >   
   >   
   >While the defection of Danielle Smith and the majority of the Wildrose caucus   
   >to Premier Jim Prentice’s government has prompted an outpouring of scorn,   
   the   
   >former opposition leader has found some high-profile supporters.   
   >   
   >Preston Manning — the founder of the Reform party and an icon of western   
   >Canadian conservatism — backed the plan on Thursday, a day after the move of   
   >the nine MLAs to the Tory benches became official.   
   >   
   >Manning said he sees the logic of Prentice and Smith’s idea of bringing   
   >conservatives together around a set of common principles,   
   >especially with a financial crisis looming because of low oil prices.   
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   >“It’s more important what Albertans’ blessing is, but I think it’s a   
   positive   
   >development if it results in the government coming to grips with this fiscal   
   >situation,” he said in an interview Thursday.   
   >   
   >Manning said he spoke to Wildrose caucus members Tuesday as they met in   
   >Edmonton to discuss the idea of crossing the floor to the Tories.   
   >   
   >He said he didn’t encourage them to make the move but laid out options and   
   >stressed the need for unity — either as a caucus or with the Tories.   
   >   
   >“If ever there was a time for Albertans to pull together, no matter what the   
   >political stripe, and particularly for conservatives to pull together, now was   
   >the time,” said Manning, who now runs the Manning Centre for Building   
   Democracy.   
   >   
   >Manning — who pushed efforts to “unite-the-right” federally after   
   Reform’s   
   >breakthrough — said he also warned about the dangers of a new party   
   plateauing   
   >and “slipping back” in public support.   
   >   
   >But Jeff Callaway, the new president of the Wildrose Party, said Manning’s   
   >arguments about the needs for conservatives to work together were “pretty   
   poor   
   >and false” since the PCs and Wildrose have been the two dominant parties in   
   the   
   >province for a number of years.   
   >   
   >He said that makes the situation vastly different from Manning’s work to   
   bring   
   >together two federal opposition parties in order to take on the Liberals.   
   >   
   >Smith, the Highwood MLA who was Wildrose leader until Wednesday, has requested   
   >that party members vote on a “reunification resolution” to come together   
   with   
   >the PCs.   
   >   
   >Manning said he would like to see that vote happen but the idea has been   
   >rejected by the party’s executive committee.   
   >   
   >Smith’s defection caused a torrent of criticism from Wildrose supporters,   
   party   
   >executives and former candidates, particularly on social media where many   
   >labelled her and the eight other MLAs who jumped ship as traitors.   
   >   
   >But High River Mayor Craig Snodgrass — a constituent of Smith — said she   
   made   
   >the best decision for her riding and dismissed much of the backlash as   
   “laughable.”   
   >   
   >“To me it’s hilarious that people feel personally betrayed over this,”   
   he said.   
   >   
   >“It’s the No. 1 reason I don’t like party politics,” Snodgrass added.   
   “Because   
   >you get locked into this dogmatic party view on things and you cannot look   
   >outside of it. And that hurts everybody around you.”   
   >   
   >  Snodgrass praised Smith for having “the guts to cross the floor and join a   
   >leader that she views as being stronger.”   
   >   
   >“People will come up with all of the conspiracy theories of this, that and   
   the   
   >other thing,” Snodgrass said. “But I tell you what, I don’t care.   
   That’s a bold   
   >move. And I love bold moves.”   
   >   
   >But the Wildrose’s Callaway said it’s disturbing to see people celebrating   
   >because their MLA is crossing the floor.   
   >   
   >“I guess, what do we need a democracy for?”   
      
   We shall see.   
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