Kenney confident of winning Alberta PC leadership, uniting right
CALGARY — Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Jason Kenney says he’s confident of winning, but willing to move to Plan B if the party won’t follow his plan to merge with the Wildrose.
“My commitment is to serving Albertans through the free enterprise cause,” Kenney said Friday outside a downtown Calgary convention centre.
“My preference is for us to unite into one big broad party, so basically reconstitute the coalition that Peter Lougheed and Ralph Klein had before it split in half. “But if the grassroots members decide not to go in that direction, I would respect their mandate, as well as the mandate I have as PC leader.
“I would then try to make the PC party the platform for unity and to find other ways to reach out and co-operate with our Wildrose friends.”