CALGARY, AB: WEXIT Alberta Executive Director Peter Downing says that he is in active talks with several Conservative MPs about forming a new Western-based party. .Downing says that he is close to gathering the signatures necessary to register a party with Elections Canada under the name “WEXIT Canada.”.According to Downing there is a “good, to highly likely chance,” that the new party will see at least one Conservative MP join its ranks as it attempts to get off the ground. . Peter DowningWEXIT Executive Director Peter Downing .But one Conservative MP threw cold water on Downing’s claim..“No truth to that rumour whatsoever. And I have talked to a great many,” Calgary-Shepherd MP Tim Kmiec told the Western Standard. “[The] Calgary caucus met yesterday and nobody raised this at all. We are a pretty rambunctious bunch and I am fairly direct and none of us talked about this.”.WEXIT’s Facebook page exploded from 2,000 members before the October 21st election results, to more than a quarter of a million in under three days. .The federal Conservatives swept the Western provinces in the October 21st federal election, taking every seat in Saskatchewan, all but one seat Alberta, dominating interior British Columbia, and picking up seats in Manitoba. . POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .The Conservative campaigned on maintaining the current Equalization formula and other Eastern-friendly policies, but failed to make enough gains to form government. .Between 1993 and 2004, Western Canada’s political representation was dominated by the Reform Party and Canadian Alliance before merging with the Progressive Conservatives.
CALGARY, AB: WEXIT Alberta Executive Director Peter Downing says that he is in active talks with several Conservative MPs about forming a new Western-based party. .Downing says that he is close to gathering the signatures necessary to register a party with Elections Canada under the name “WEXIT Canada.”.According to Downing there is a “good, to highly likely chance,” that the new party will see at least one Conservative MP join its ranks as it attempts to get off the ground. . Peter DowningWEXIT Executive Director Peter Downing .But one Conservative MP threw cold water on Downing’s claim..“No truth to that rumour whatsoever. And I have talked to a great many,” Calgary-Shepherd MP Tim Kmiec told the Western Standard. “[The] Calgary caucus met yesterday and nobody raised this at all. We are a pretty rambunctious bunch and I am fairly direct and none of us talked about this.”.WEXIT’s Facebook page exploded from 2,000 members before the October 21st election results, to more than a quarter of a million in under three days. .The federal Conservatives swept the Western provinces in the October 21st federal election, taking every seat in Saskatchewan, all but one seat Alberta, dominating interior British Columbia, and picking up seats in Manitoba. . POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .The Conservative campaigned on maintaining the current Equalization formula and other Eastern-friendly policies, but failed to make enough gains to form government. .Between 1993 and 2004, Western Canada’s political representation was dominated by the Reform Party and Canadian Alliance before merging with the Progressive Conservatives.
