Why not. Since he has turned his attention to the matter of the environment he would fit right in with the Federal Green Party after all they are just like Preston Manning; fiscal conservatives.
In his most recent work, as director of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy, Manning has gained some attention for the concept of marrying conservative fiscal policies to strong awareness of environmental issues. Alberta could be a good workshop for such thinking, given the contiguous presence of its fossil-based energy industry and its wide-open spaces, majestic mountains and mainly-clean rivers.
OttawaWatch: Manning's surprise, Harper's accountability
"If the appropriate solution to an environmental problem is a market mechanism, then we use it. We're not doctrinaire in the old sense."
Elizabeth May, Green Party leadership candidate
And since there is a draft Manning for the leadership of the Party of Calgary, (Alberta PC's) why not one for the Federal Green Party?! That would give it some political capital and legitimacy. Hey there is still time to draft Manning.
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Your headline made me do a spit take.
ReplyDeleteAs I hoped it would which is why I left out the ? at the end of the headline.
ReplyDeleteGreens believe in fiscal prudence and social justice. It's called balance. Canadians like balance.
ReplyDeleteFiscal prudence (with social injustice) = Conservative Party
Social justice (with fiscal chaos) = New Democratic Party
Fiscal prudence + Social justice = Green Party
Why all the pot-shots at us Greens, though, Eugene? Getting a bit nervous as we creep up the polls? You're not the only Dipper with such sentiment!