I believe you have been asked to disprove a negative.
I can help you out a bit, I am both a Wildrose supporter and against the PC's mixing campaigning in with government business and having the taxpayer pick up the tab for both. At the same time, I don't think I was as vocal against the federal conservatives with their economic action plan. I remember being offended by it and seem to recall an article or two in the National Post about the issue but don't recall leading a protest.
That being said, I am not against the signs that the Alberta government puts up at constructions sites declaring that they are paying for the project. I think it is important for people to know where their tax dollars are going and a sign on a new project is a good way to accomplish that. My issue is when things seem to become blatantly partisan on the taxpayers dollar. As an example, combining a training session for unelected candidates with a caucus meeting in Jasper and billing the taxpayer $70000 for it seems to cross the line.
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