Wildrose Report and Alberta Alliance Watch announce merger ...

... and will henceforth be known as Wildrose Alliance Watch:



This blog will remain up, and the odd post will still be made here, but when that happens, I'll link to it over at WRAW.

See you on the other side.

I have to put Link on hold ... for now

Thanks for your ongoing interest in this site. Unfortunately, my clinical dissection of Link Byfield's specious reasoning behind the formation of the Wildrose Party is still on the drawing board.

This pony has been a little too occupied with other matters, so I've got to put this blog out to pasture for a few more days.

I have set up a RSS feed for those of you who wish to be automatically notified of posts made to this site. Simply click the link on the right, and you should be taken to a page where you can select your reader and subscribe. If you want an even better option, take a look beneath "My Recent Posts" on the right hand side of this page. That link allows you to subscribe to my "Treason Trilogy" blended feed, which will keep you up to date not only on the anti-Alberta machinations of Wildrose, but on how the Alberta Alliance and Alberta Liberal Party continue to betray the public interest as well.

Cheerio.

Hi everybody!

Werner Patels has managed to find this blog, and the traffic is flowing nicely. I was actually hoping to have a few more posts up on the Wildrose Party before listing this on the blogrolls, but Werner is just a little too thorough, and noticed the link in my profile.

My first substantive post will be on the mental gymnastics Link Byfield has gone through in order to justify his involvement in this venture. At the risk of spoiling the ending, his justification is complete crap.

That post won't be up until late next week, so I hope to see you back at that point.

Oh, and Werner, as far as my political affiliation goes, I am non-partisan.

Definitely not a Tory.

Confidential tips by email

I have opened an email account for confidential tips. If you look at the sidebar on the right-hand side of this page, you will find the confidential tips email link under the "About Me" heading.

Information and confidential tips are the lifeblood of any media, and I hope some of you will provide me with information that you think is important for the public to know about. The following represents the policies I will administer with respect to any information you provide to me:

• The information will only be published if it pertains to the Wildrose Party of Alberta.
• Your confidentiality will be respected. No information that may serve to identify you will be published by me.
• Your email address will be kept completely confidential. It will not be shared with anybody.
• I will not publish anything that is defamatory.

I think that covers it, but if you have any recommendations on how this feature can be improved, I would be glad to hear from you.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

A new political party is organizing in the province of Alberta. The Wildrose Party of Alberta was announced by a founding group of members after a meeting that took place on June 23, 2007, in Red Deer. The roster of attendees clearly shows that the Wildrose Party is largely made up of a breakaway faction of former Alberta Alliance politicians, executives, and members. These former Alliance politicos have been joined by some other right wing public figures, including Link Byfield. Throw in a couple of cranks and screwballs, and the founding members picture is complete.

According to their website, the Wildrosers have adopted three inaugural objectives:

1. We'll reduce the massive outflow of Alberta dollars to the federal system by standing up to Ottawa and Quebec

Albertans lose billions every year to other provinces through federal taxation. Ottawa uses our money to buy votes in eastern Canada. This is bad for Alberta and bad for for national unity.

The biggest government cost in Alberta is the amount Ottawa takes out of our province in taxes and doesn't return in spending. It works out to over $10,000 per Alberta household per year.

There are a number of legal ways to cut this back to a more sensible level, but the other parties don't have the political backbone to stand up to Ottawa.

2. We'll make sure that provincial policy reflects the values and priorities of ordinary Albertans

Politicians everywhere like to buy votes by funding special interest groups.

We'll focus on the things that benefit everyone, like roads, schools, law and order, and saving for the future.

Without better spending priorities, Alberta will soon be back in a deficit position.

3. We've written it into our party constitution that our MLAs will do what they promised

If they don't, they can be kicked out of the party. People are sick of politicians promising things and then not doing them.

This blog also has three objectives: (i) to critique the policies and public positions of the Wildrose Party, (ii) to uncover and publish the truth behind the Wildrose Party's public facade, and (iii) to investigate and inform Albertans about the true nature and background of the people involved in Wildrose.

In other words, this blog will be the Wildrose version of (i) the Good, (ii) the Bad, and (iii) the Ugly.

The Wildrose Report is hereby at your service. Enjoy.