Two deputies want to relaunch the progressive-conservative party in Alberta

Two independent deputies recently excluded from the Uni Conservative Party (PCU), Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair, are working to revive the progressive-conservative party (PPC) of Alberta which governed the province from 1971 to 2015 before its merger with Wildrose to create the PCU.

They thus intend to propose a conservative alternative between the right embodied by Danielle Smith and the left of the new Democratic Party (NPD). Selon Scott Sinclair, We respond to a vacuum, at a time when many people feel like not to have a political home.

So that the PPC Either officially recognized, deputies Guthrie and Sinclair must bring together at least 8,819 signatures by November, or 0.3 % of the provincial electorate.

The name of the party is already reserved for Alberta elections.

Peter Guthrie, former Minister of Infrastructure and the main figure of this project, presents their party as fiscally responsible and socially reliable.

He underlines that this initiative targets in particular those which refuse the separatist orientation which they attribute to the Smith government, while defending a prudent management of public spending.

The approach of the two deputies is part of a context of rupture with the PCU.

Peter Guthrie left the cabinet in February, in full controversy on Alberta health services supply practices (AHS). In April, his call for a public inquiry earned him to be excluded from the Caucus.

Scott Sinclair was expelled in March after criticizing a provincial budget deemed too favorable to Edmonton and Calgary to the detriment of rural regions.

During an interview with the program Real Talk With Ryan Jespersen, Sinclair has not spared Prime Minister Danielle Smith by comparing her to A miniature version of Donald Trump in Alberta, with so many controversial, radical and extreme things that are happening ….

He also said that his government is more focused on disruption than on solutions.

For her part, Danielle Smith spoke of the risks of a divided conservative vote, recalling that during the 2015 election, progressive-conservatives and the brought together Wildrosis had obtained more than 50 % of the votes, but that the NPD had won the victory thanks to the division.

It also suggested that the reuse of the progressive-conservative name could raise legal issues, despite the approval of the Director General of the Elections.

The chief of NPDNaheed Nenshi, stressed that this gesture reflects tensions within the conservative coalition and recalled that the neo-democrats remain The only choice for a positive change in Alberta.

With Canadian press information