Wildrose, Progressive Conservatives Unite

[whitecandle]

RED DEER, ALTA.—Alberta's political landscape profoundly shifted Saturday as its two main conservative parties — enemies for a decade — overwhelmingly agreed to end their feud and work as one to defeat Premier Rachel Notley's NDP.

In separate votes, members of the Wildrose party and the Progressive Conservatives voted in a landslide to merge into the new United Conservative Party.

Wildrose supporters voted 95.4 per cent in results announced at a hotel in Red Deer late Saturday afternoon.

About two hours later, Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney announced at Calgary's Stampede Grounds that 95 per cent of his members ratified the proposed deal, which had been brokered by both parties in May.

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[maryjane48]

great news . be much easier for the current govt to win with both rightwing parties under one banner

[Jflem1983]

Bye bye Notley. Your reign of terror is almost over . 2018 can't come fast enough . Make Alberta great again

[logicalview]

great news . be much easier for the current govt to win with both rightwing parties under one banner

Yes, let's hope that the NDP take your sterling political advice that one party is easier to defeat than two parties with similar ideologies whose votes are split. Makes perfect sense.

[JagXKR]

The next election will be a landslide win for the new party. Kinda like what happened last time the NDP lost power here. Massive humiliating loss. No squeaker inching out the other party with an unholy alliance, just a reality check for policies that destroy lives due to fiscal mismanagement.

[bob vernon]

Albertans will celebrate. The election of a conservative alliance or coalition will ensure that the world price of oil will instantly surge back over $100 per barrel and the province can go back to living the "Albertan lifestyle" with two cars, a truck, a housetrailer for a week's use every summer, a boat, two skidoos, two seadoos, and a pair of dirt bikes all stuffed inside the garage or parked in the yard of a $600,000 home.

Alberta: back and tall in the saddle.

[seewood]

Albertans will celebrate. The election of a conservative alliance or coalition will ensure that the world price of oil will instantly surge back over $100 per barrel and the province can go back to living the "Albertan lifestyle" with two cars, a truck, a housetrailer for a week's use every summer, a boat, two skidoos, two seadoos, and a pair of dirt bikes all stuffed inside the garage or parked in the yard of a $600,000 home.Alberta: back and tall in the saddle.

Pretty much nailed it. You forgot to say how the oil was going to go back up to $100/ barrel.....pixi-dust...

[Jflem1983]

Albertans will celebrate. The election of a conservative alliance or coalition will ensure that the world price of oil will instantly surge back over $100 per barrel and the province can go back to living the "Albertan lifestyle" with two cars, a truck, a housetrailer for a week's use every summer, a boat, two skidoos, two seadoos, and a pair of dirt bikes all stuffed inside the garage or parked in the yard of a $600,000 home.

Alberta: back and tall in the saddle.

Anyone who works 12 hour shifts . 7 days a week 300 days a year. Like a lot of Albertans do . Deserves all that and more . Just cause you would rather not work there does not mean others should not venture to go

[GordonH]

I do get kick out of this, wildrose party split off of Alberta pc and now they are reunited & some on here are calling it a coalition.
All it is the right is reuniting to remove left party in power, oh yes name change.

[Jflem1983]

I do get kick out of this, wildrose party split off of Alberta pc and now they are reunited & some on here are calling it a coalition.
All it is the right is reuniting to remove left party in power, oh yes name change.

Wild rose is the Byfield faction . They are powerful . Don't get it mixed up this is a takeover of the pcs by wild rose

[maryjane48]

its great they unite . are they going to run on stopping pipelines cause notley has 3 in her folder

[maryjane48]

i can hardly wait to see thier platform .. no pipelines and repealing workers comp for farms . sounds like a losing combination

[Jflem1983]

its great they unite . are they going to run on stopping pipelines cause notley has 3 in her folder

They will run on a common sense platform . Less taxes . Less government. It's not even gonna be close . Ndp gonna be just a dark patch in the history of Alberta . Yes bill 6 will likely be repealed . Thank God

[The Green Barbarian]

i can hardly wait to see thier platform .. no pipelines and repealing workers comp for farms . sounds like a losing combination

perhaps hiring people who can read a financial statement and understand basic concepts of income tax and economics. That's a start.

All in all though it was a good kick in the pants for the Conservatives in Alberta to see Nutley and her band of incompetent boobs get into power. Now on to another 50 year dynasty.

[maryjane48]

why would people vote for less worker protection ? thats not going to happen . notley will be able to brag about 3 pipeline expansions . thats jobs for albertans . and the fact the oil industryvbacks her carbon plan is going to leave the righties as the party of no
. times have changed and will change more . all over the world we see rightwing neo cons being shut out of govt .