Sandra Jansen says PC leader race rules should nix bid to merge with Wildrose
EDMONTON — A potential candidate for the leadership of Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives says rules adopted by the party should end the bid by Calgary MP Jason Kenney to merge the province’s two right-of-centre parties.
Sandra Jansen noted the rules released by the PC board of directors on the weekend forbid any leadership candidate from taking actions that would harm the party.
“If his goal is to collapse the PC party, then it would appear that he doesn’t fit the criteria for running for leader,” Jansen said Monday.
But she added she’ll leave it to the PC party executive to deal with the question when the leadership race formally begins Oct. 1.