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Article: An Alliance*Troy merger is essential--but set policy first, and include the social conservatives.
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- Alberta Report
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- June 25, 2001
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The eloquent Abba Eban, Israel's former foreign minister, once said: "History teaches us that men behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives," Canadians despondent about our country becoming a one-party state can only hope that Tory and Alliance members will soon prove him right.
Recent developments are not encouraging, unless your name is Jean Chretien. While Stockwell Day is prepared to place his leadership on the line as part of merger discussions, it seems that Joe Clark has been reading his press clippings. Worse, he believes them. Someone will have to tell him that the Tories cannot eliminate the Alliance, and that unity is their only ...