Manning urges federal Conservatives to weaponize his Alberta COVID response report
Global News
Preston Manning, the former head of the Reform Party, emailed Conservative MPs on the same day the report from the Alberta COVID panel he chaired was published.
The chair of a taxpayer-funded panel reviewing Alberta’s COVID-19 response is urging the federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings in the next election against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governing coalition.
Preston Manning, the former head of the Reform Party, made the pitch last week in an email sent to Conservative MPs on the same day the report from the panel he chaired was published.
The email begins with the salutation “Dear CPC friends,” but the recipients list included Calgary Liberal MP George Chahal, who published the missive on social media.
In the email, dated Nov. 15, Manning wrote, “If the response of the Liberal/NDP coalition to the 2020-2023 COVID crisis should become an election issue in 2024, there may be some material in this report that could be used by the CPC to say `what should have been done to cope with the COVID crisis and what should be done to cope with future public emergencies.”’
He added, “Some of its content may also be useful in attacking the record of the Liberal/NDP coalition in this area.”
In the email, Manning also congratulates the federal Conservatives on recent upticks in polling, adding “with any luck and some hard work you should be in government next year.”
Manning also encouraged a “closer practical relationship” between Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservatives and the federal Conservatives to promote shared interests, adding “Everybody benefits, especially Alberta.”
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