{"id":48065,"date":"2015-05-03T00:09:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T16:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=48065"},"modified":"2025-01-13T20:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T01:03:55","slug":"wildrose-leader-says-minority-government-could-be-good-for-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/03\/wildrose-leader-says-minority-government-could-be-good-for-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildrose leader says minority government could be good for Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CALGARY — Wildrose Leader Brian Jean says a minority government could work well in Alberta.<\/p>\n

But he warns he would not support any policy that included tax increases or went against any basic Wildrose values.<\/p>\n

With a tight race between the surging NDP, the Wildrose and the ruling Progressive Conservative party, the possibility of a minority government has become a major talking point on the campaign trail leading to Tuesday’s election.<\/p>\n

Jean, a former member of the federal Conservative caucus under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, said he would prefer to see a Wildrose majority on Tuesday. But he suggested he could work with NDP Leader Rachel Notley and PC Leader Jim Prentice in a minority situation.<\/p>\n

He admitted he doesn’t really care for either party and repeated his line that “you can’t trust the NDP with the economy and you can’t trust the PCs with anything.<\/p>\n

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“A minority government would be a good thing for all Alberta,” Jean said at a campaign stop in Calgary on Friday. “Albertans are voting for change.<\/p>\n

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They should vote for change they should trust.”<\/p>\n

Jean said he doesn’t put any trust in election polls, but the reality of a minority government is something that needs to be addressed.<\/p>\n

He knows first hand that it can work well, he added.<\/p>\n

“I worked in three minority governments in Ottawa and we saw a lot of bills put through. We saw a lot of negotiations and we saw a lot of compromises.\u00a0Sometimes compromises are the best thing.”<\/p>\n

Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann agreed that Albertans would benefit from a minority government.<\/p>\n

“A majority government has just taken us too long and too strong in one direction,” Swann said, referring to the four decades the Tories have been in power.<\/p>\n

Notley agrees with some observers that her campaign has momentum, but she is taking nothing for granted.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, she said the legislature simply has to work better.<\/p>\n

“I’ve said all along we have not had a particularly functional legislative assembly for the last few years.<\/p>\n

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The revolving door of PC drama has made it less and less effective,” she said.<\/p>\n

“My focus is getting enough people elected to be able to work hard ourselves and with other MLAs as necessary to make the legislature work.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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