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Political analyst Duane Bratt makes some interesting comments

Duane Bratt, a political analyst at Mount Royal University in Calgary, said he found the rumours of a merger “really bizarre.”

“They took down two premiers,” he said of the Wildrose. “They’ve been the most powerful opposition we’ve ever seen in this province. Many of the policies that Prentice brought in, he simply adopted what Wildrose has been saying. But given the fiscal downturn in this province, I would think that would help the Wildrose party, because they’re strongest on fiscal issues. I think this would have given them a lifeline after a really disastrous fall.”

Bratt said in one way, a merger would be a sad day for democracy.

“You can say what you want about Wildrose, they have been a very effective opposition party,” he said.

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