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Article: The urge to purge returns.
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- Alberta Report
- Article date:
- November 20, 2000
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The Canadian Alliance, aping Reform, cancels the membership of political dissidents
The old Reform Party was shaken by continual purges of MPs, riding associations and party members. The Canadian Alliance (CA) was supposed to be different. As Stockwell Day campaign co-chairman Jason Kenney told the National Post, "We welcome the support of people for whatever reason. We have a pretty diverse coalition. We want to keep it that way." But it did not stay that way for long.
Four CA members--Douglas Christie, Paul Fromm, Marc Lemire and Hugh Prendergast--have been expelled in the past two months. All four joined specifically to vote for Mr. Day in the CA ...