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Liberal-NDP: Would the merger of the two parties be a good idea?
- June 10, 2010 10:17 AM |
- By POV
The Canadian flag flies near the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, Sunday Sept.13, 2009. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
Two Liberal Party advisers have sworn affidavits saying the federal party's president spoke to them about high-level discussions with NDP officials about the creation of a new party.
But Alfred Apps is denying he was involved in any serious merger talks.
Warren Kinsella, who was an adviser to former prime minister Jean Chrétien, said in the affidavit that Apps told him in May about "high-level" discussions with NDP officials about the "creation of a new party."
He said Apps told him the NDP would have to comply with three conditions: renouncing socialism and embracing a mixed-market economy; accepting Michael Ignatieff as leader; and having senior party "saints" such as former federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent and past Saskatchewan NDP leader Roy Romanow promote the merger.
There have been fierce denials by leaders of both parties of the CBC News report that the Liberals and NDP have been holding secret talks about possibly merging to form a new entity to take on the Conservatives.
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What do you think of the idea of a Liberal-NDP merger to create a new poltical party? Take our poll.
Two Liberal Party advisers have sworn affidavits saying the federal party's president spoke to them about high-level discussions with NDP officials about the creation of a new party.
But Alfred Apps is denying he was involved in any serious merger talks.
Warren Kinsella, who was an adviser to former prime minister Jean Chrétien, said in the affidavit that Apps told him in May about "high-level" discussions with NDP officials about the "creation of a new party."
He said Apps told him the NDP would have to comply with three conditions: renouncing socialism and embracing a mixed-market economy; accepting Michael Ignatieff as leader; and having senior party "saints" such as former federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent and past Saskatchewan NDP leader Roy Romanow promote the merger.
There have been fierce denials by leaders of both parties of the CBC News report that the Liberals and NDP have been holding secret talks about possibly merging to form a new entity to take on the Conservatives.
Read more:
What do you think of the idea of a Liberal-NDP merger to create a new poltical party? Take our poll.
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' votes.)
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