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Originally Posted by Mull
The problem with Canada's example is if I am not mistaken, both cases I can think of didn't really merge the existing party, but dragged the traditional party far to the right.
-Alliance and PC on the Federal stage got Harper and yanked right. He was "left" ish for the alliance standards at the start, but that had more to do with his minority government in my view then his party. Well that and from a fiscal side, a certain Mr. Flaherty if memory serves.
-Wildrose and PC.... UCP is the wildrose, not a PC party.
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Maybe I kinda worded it poorly, but that was kinda my point, that in Canada it's a been essentially a power-play to pull the main party to the right. There are reasons why we should be skeptical of it being effective for a party to splinter to try and pull the main party toward the center.