Separatist Alberta Republican Party cries foul after byelection debate is cancelled
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'When you have nothing to offer Albertans at the ballot box, maybe that's their idea - avoid accountability and dodge democracy,' said party leader Cameron Davies.
The separatist Republican Party of Alberta is crying foul over a cancelled debate in a central Alberta byelection, suggesting the governing United Conservative Party is dodging democracy.
The local Olds and District Chamber of Commerce said it had invited candidates from both those parties and the NDP, but only Republican Party of Alberta leader Cameron Davies committed in time, so the chamber was forced to call it off.
Davies said it’s up to the UCP to explain to voters why they don’t want to debate.
“When you have nothing to offer Albertans at the ballot box, maybe that’s their idea — avoid accountability and dodge democracy,” said Davies.
He added he is still hoping a forum can be arranged before voters go to the polls on June 23, and that he’s heard interest from two organizations to do so.
Davies said the biggest issue he’s hearing on the doorsteps is Alberta’s place in Canada, and voters’ discomfort with Premier Danielle Smith’s party giving Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney a chance to bring the province a better deal.
“It doesn’t take a petition for a provincial government to hold a referendum. The whole notion of a petition is nothing more than passing the buck and the UCP is trying to sit on the fence, instead of saying, ‘Let’s let Albertans have a say,'” he said.
Smith has repeatedly said she wants to see Alberta remain in Canada, but recently passed legislation to lower the threshold for citizens to spark a referendum on seceding from Canada.
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