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Alberta MLAs cross floor amplifies rightward shift in politics
The Alberta Legislature saw Rob Anderson and Heather Forsyth defect from the Progressive Conservative Party to the Wildrose Alliance. The piece frames this as an uncommon move toward far right ideology, compares it with historic European and Canadian rightward shifts, and questions constituent trust and political consequences.
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Alberta
Progressive Conservative
Wildrose Alliance Party
Egypt
Rob Anderson
Airdrie- Chestermere
Heather Forsyth
Calgary-Fish Creek
NDP
Europe
Germany
Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Franco
Spain
Britain
France
Canada
Canadian Union of Fascists
Chuck Crate
National Unity Party
Adrien Arcand
R.B. Bennett
King
Bennett
Quebec
Union Nationale
Maurice “le Chef” Duplessis
Duplessis
Albert
William “Bible Bill
Aberhart
Social Credit
United Farmers of Alberta
UFA
Wildrose Alliance