By Chris Brown

Return of Wildrose

Freedom Conservative Party, Wexit Alberta look to merge

Apr 27, 2020 | 11:38 AM

The Wildrose Party is back in Alberta, albeit with a slightly different different name and the purpose of taking the province out of Confederation.

Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta leader Bill Jones and Wexit Alberta’s Peter Downing have agreed to a merger. If members approve, the new party will be called the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta.

According to the agreement in principle found on the FCP website, the founding principles are Freedom for Alberta, Freedom for Albertans and Responsibility for Alberta’s Government.

Included under those headings are that “Alberta will sever all ties of domination from the federal government,” “Alberta’s government will hold the freedom of its citizens as its highest responsibility” and “Alberta’s government will allow its people to directly express their will with the rights to recall elected representatives and initiate referenda.”

According to a Wexit release, an online vote on the potential merger will take place June 29.

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“Today’s unification agreement is the fulfillment of more than nine months of negotiations representing the direction we were given by our members after the last election. They told us to reach out to other parties and organizations that support freedom and sovereignty for Alberta, and we have done so with an outstretched hand,” said Jones. “We have worked hard to include everyone interested in coming together for the greater good of Alberta to found a credible, viable, mainstream party to be the voice and vehicle of Alberta independence. If our members ratify the agreement that we present to them today, then we will radically upset the stale two-party, federalist monopoly that governs Alberta.”

“Since Eastern Canada re-elected Justin Trudeau, the Western independence movement has exploded. Albertans have given Jason Kenney a chance to get a ‘fair deal’ for his people, and after one year, all we have seen is talk. Because Mr. Kenney and Ms. Notley are committed federalists, Ottawa knows that all they will do is talk,” said Downing.

“The time has come for all Alberta sovereigntists in all parties and organizations to come together behind a single, unified and credible party that can do what we are unable to do apart. The Wildrose Independence Party is here to put Ottawa and the federalists on notice: Alberta independence has arrived, and it will fight on until Alberta is free.”