Canada's conservative parties approve merger aimed at winning next elections

SFGate.com ^ | 06 December 2003 | Colin McLelland, Associated Press Writer

[jagrmeister]

Sounds like a great idea. Cut moderate Republicans off and divide the party in a way that would dwarf in size the problem the Left has with the Green party. That would relegate us to minority status overnight.

[Snowyman]

They were only one election away from completely wiping out the Red Tory menace.

The Alliance , even in the absence of the PCP , would never achieve enough popularity east of the Ontario /Manitoba border to win . But combined , in the last election , Alliance and PCP votes were greater than the wining Liberal vote in something like 30 seats in Ontario alone. Thirty seats that should have had a Conservative MP . But a vote for the PCP does not mean a vote for the Alliance . Red Tories will be driven out , and some radical right Alliance will be left in the dust .