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Manning rebuffed in unite-the-right role in Alberta's conservative civil war
Former Reform party leader Preston Manning is calling on Tory MPs to help unite the Wildrose and Progressive Conservatives, but Opposition Leader Brian Jean says there is “no room for outside folks to commandeer” the issue.
In a Feb. 6 note to Alberta’s Conservative MPs, Manning asked for their assistance in bringing the feuding parties together and said work is underway to create a steering group “to guide the unification process.”
He said the process would be “step-by-step so as to carry the judgment of the grassroots membership — aided by a larger group of advisers of whom I am one,” according to the e-mail, obtained by the Herald.
Manning told the MPs he knows they have both Wildrose and PC members among their supporters and that continued friction among them “is not helpful to you or the federal cause in Alberta.”
“I also think many of you are in a position to exercise mediation between these groups and gently nudge them toward the creation of a united front,” said Manning.
After leading the Reform party wave that decimated the federal PCs in the 1990s, Manning attempted to reunite conservatives at the federal level. However, it was the Canadian Alliance’s Stephen Harper and Tory Peter MacKay who ultimately led the reconciliation and formation of the new Conservative Party in 2003.
After leaving elected politics in 2001, Manning founded a conservative think-tank. In his letter to MPs, Manning said he expects there will be private discussions on uniting the right in Alberta when conservatives meet for the group’s annual conference in Ottawa later this month.
Manning rebuffed in unite-the-right role in conservative civil war | Calgary Herald
Manning rebuffed in unite-the-right role in Alberta's conservative civil war
Former Reform party leader Preston Manning is calling on Tory MPs to help unite the Wildrose and Progressive Conservatives, but Opposition Leader Brian Jean says there is “no room for outside folks to commandeer” the issue.
In a Feb. 6 note to Alberta’s Conservative MPs, Manning asked for their assistance in bringing the feuding parties together and said work is underway to create a steering group “to guide the unification process.”
He said the process would be “step-by-step so as to carry the judgment of the grassroots membership — aided by a larger group of advisers of whom I am one,” according to the e-mail, obtained by the Herald.
Manning told the MPs he knows they have both Wildrose and PC members among their supporters and that continued friction among them “is not helpful to you or the federal cause in Alberta.”
“I also think many of you are in a position to exercise mediation between these groups and gently nudge them toward the creation of a united front,” said Manning.
After leading the Reform party wave that decimated the federal PCs in the 1990s, Manning attempted to reunite conservatives at the federal level. However, it was the Canadian Alliance’s Stephen Harper and Tory Peter MacKay who ultimately led the reconciliation and formation of the new Conservative Party in 2003.
After leaving elected politics in 2001, Manning founded a conservative think-tank. In his letter to MPs, Manning said he expects there will be private discussions on uniting the right in Alberta when conservatives meet for the group’s annual conference in Ottawa later this month.
Manning rebuffed in unite-the-right role in conservative civil war | Calgary Herald
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