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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
It"s interesting that you bring up having citizenship requirements for party membership because other leftists here have criticized the UCP for having a motion and passing it that would disallow membership to permanent residents of Canada and other non citizens.
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Ya, the difference is that I am fine expanding the scope to include permanent residents. The point that I care about is wanting to ensure that party membership is validated to ensure the integrity of the party.
Also, people should have to sign up themselves. Like if it is a petition to recall an MLA or kick off a referendum. The fact that the UCP want to allow one person to sign up other people into the party (and pay money on their behalf) is really shady and acts as a loop hole for super-donors to sign up all of their family members as a way to send more money to the party than is allowed within the rules. Nothing about that feels like "democracy".
After that, if we are using our digital systems to validate people are who they say they are then it would be an easy enough thing to go one step further and enable virtual accessibility to the parties for people who want to participate but cannot drive to Edmonton / Red Deer / etc. for the AGM.