Tory-Alliance Merger In 'real Jeopardy': MacKay

Posted on Saturday, March 19 at 10:03 by Perturbed
The old PCs pushed for the deal because they were smaller in numbers than the Alliance and they feared being swamped by the Alliance's more conservative Western power base during future votes on its leadership and on policy issues.

But members at a policy workshop voted to overturn that idea today and give extra weight to ridings with more members. That prompted MacKay to blitz the hall in a furious attempt to defeat the motion when it comes up for a general vote on Saturday.

"This party is in real jeopardy in my view," MacKay said.

"For me, this was a deal-breaker."...

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