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Manitoban Rick Borotsik becomes 5th Tory to walk away from new Conservatives
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| Last Edited | User 13 Jan 27, 2004 08:11pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, January 27, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Manitoba MP Rick Borotsik has become the fifth Tory to walk away from the newly merged Conservative Party.
Borotsik, a gregarious and outspoken two-term member of Parliament, announced Tuesday he will not run in the next federal election expected this spring.
"I have some concerns with the leadership. I have concerns with policy," Borotsik said from his constituency office in Brandon. He represents the Brandon-Souris riding in southern Manitoba.
Borotsik, 53, criticized the merger of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance from the outset and called it an Alliance takeover.
He said there are wide gaps between his beliefs and those of many of the people who now make up the new Conservative Party of Canada.
"There are big holes with respect to official bilingualism. There are big holes with respect to universal health care." |
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