A plan to unite right-leaning independence parties in Alberta has already hit troubled waters..Last week, the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta (FCP) publicly issued a five-point plan they said wanted to merge similar-minded parties – but the independence group Wexit has already said no thanks..“The FCP approached us with a 10-point plan that wasn’t too bad, but they are not 100 per cent committed to separation,” Peter Downing, of Wexit, told the Western Standard on Monday..“They are just too timid.”.Downing said there was also no chance Wexit would take any other name after the proposed merger..“We have no interest in changing our name. We think we have an internationally-recognized brand like Coca-Cola,” he said..Downing noted that joining forces with the FCP could have saved them some time because they are already registered as a politcal party..He said 15 businesses around Alberta are now helping to collect the 7,868 names Wexit needs to become registered with Elections Alberta. They currently have about 1,000..The president of the Alberta Advantage Party, David Inscho, said his party’s constitution forbids merging with other parties..He said if members wanted to vote on potentially merging they could bring forward a motion to change the constitution at an annual general meeting later next year..Inscho said the FCP hadn’t approached him to merge but he wasn’t surprised by their plan..And Inscho, whose party fielded 28 candidates in the April election predicted “more volatile” times ahead for the province’s economy and didn’t rule out the province going into recession..dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter: Nobby7694
A plan to unite right-leaning independence parties in Alberta has already hit troubled waters..Last week, the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta (FCP) publicly issued a five-point plan they said wanted to merge similar-minded parties – but the independence group Wexit has already said no thanks..“The FCP approached us with a 10-point plan that wasn’t too bad, but they are not 100 per cent committed to separation,” Peter Downing, of Wexit, told the Western Standard on Monday..“They are just too timid.”.Downing said there was also no chance Wexit would take any other name after the proposed merger..“We have no interest in changing our name. We think we have an internationally-recognized brand like Coca-Cola,” he said..Downing noted that joining forces with the FCP could have saved them some time because they are already registered as a politcal party..He said 15 businesses around Alberta are now helping to collect the 7,868 names Wexit needs to become registered with Elections Alberta. They currently have about 1,000..The president of the Alberta Advantage Party, David Inscho, said his party’s constitution forbids merging with other parties..He said if members wanted to vote on potentially merging they could bring forward a motion to change the constitution at an annual general meeting later next year..Inscho said the FCP hadn’t approached him to merge but he wasn’t surprised by their plan..And Inscho, whose party fielded 28 candidates in the April election predicted “more volatile” times ahead for the province’s economy and didn’t rule out the province going into recession..dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter: Nobby7694
