C.Morgan

Just want to correct a couple things and point out another. The party constitution for the WAP is available on the party website and it always has been. It can be found here: http://www.wildrosealliance.ca/about/our-constitution It will be found that the constitution does not address floor crossing so the person who implied that the party broke it's constitution and implied that it is not available on the website was mistaken on both counts. Regarding by-elections I just would like to make one point. If members resign, the Premier has as long as six months to call a by-election. You can rest assured that Ed would stretch that out to the maximum so the two constituencies that already had essentially no representation (gagged MLAs) would have literally no representation for at least 6 months. Just wanted to point that out.

I would be lying if I said there were no longer socons involved with the AA. The policies have been revised though and through democratic means so only the most hardcore of socons have not been accepting of where we are standing these days. Jane Greydanus who ran in Calgary Elbow was an excellent example of the kind of urban candidate that the AA can field. It was tough and she didnt do as well as hoped but the road simply isnt easy getting exposure out there. Our next policy convention will be in a little less than a month from now. I expect that we will have some good additions of common sense policies and the removal of some redundant ones. The party has a pretty comprehensive environmental policy as well http://www.albertaalliance.ca/policies/environment.html The key thing is balance. It is a tough slog though. Our lone MLA is doing what he can but common sense just doesnt seem to grab the press that easily. There never really was that much in the party policy before that was all that Socon. Most of that is mistaken perception. Perception can be reality at the polls however and we do need to work on that.

Rumour has it that their current VP of policy is an agnostic libertarian. I dont see a pile of social conservative aspects in the platform. Which do you mean?

Just wondering, in what way (or ways) do you feel that the Alberta Alliance needs to moderate itself?