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(Calgary) It was about two months ago since we formally launched the www.2cards.ca campaign to unite the right in Canada. The event was a completely sold out lunch at Bona Roma here in Calgary on Macleod Trail. It was refreshing to hear our National President Craig B. Chandler, Paul Jackson (Calgary Sun Associate Editor) and Eric Gregson (PGIB National Vice President and Canadian Alliance Calgary South East President). These men have vision as was evidenced in the two standing ovations that Mr. Chandler received during his speech to the capacity crowd. The vision is simply to unite the two parties based on policy and everything else will fall into place (See http://www.2cards.ca for the full information). The idea of carrying two cards was met with attacks from some radical fringe elements in the Alliance and Conservative parties. On the Alliance side National Council member Michael Cooper threatened to terminate memberships if any Alliance member was affiliated with the 2cards.ca. Thankfully Mr. Coopers only had three allies on national Council and wiser heads prevailed. In fact, most Alliance national Council members were very supportive of our program and insured that that message was delivered. Quebec Alliance National Council member David Anber stated the following in his detailed eMail to the PGIB Executive Council: "There will always be a synergy at work between Canadian businesses and the Canadian Alliance and I want you to know that I strongly believe that there should never be a reason for the PGIB and the Canadian Alliance to mistrust one another". On the Progressive Conservative side we have seen eMails primarily from eastern Canada calling us separatists and other things much too nasty to print in this eMail newsletter. Michael Watkins an Edmonton director for the Federal Progressive Conservatives wrote a lengthy eMail promising convention floor warfare. The following is a segment of his eMail to Mr. Chandler: "Your response was forwarded on to thousands (yes, thousands) of conservatives, mostly Progressive Conservatives, across the country, and now they too have had a taste for Craig Chandler and the 'Progressive Group for Independent Business'. On a positive note, your 2Cards initiative... has moved me to action. I have decided to actively lobby delegates of the PC Party 2002 National General Meeting to support Resolution 9, which if adopted will change the PC Party constitution to specifically forbid membership of those holding memberships in other Canadian political parties. And myself and many others are already actively lobbying to ensure that support for article 2.2.3 remains strong -- and that the PC Party remains committed to fielding 301 Progressive Conservative candidates in the next federal election." Some fringe Tories have promised a war and we are prepared to defeat them. The Hits on our website for this month are averaging 1,200 per day and growing!. The downloads and the time each visitor spends on the site has been very impressive. Also, the media attention to our agenda is growing. Our National President and 2cards.ca Committee chairman Craig B. Chandler has been interviewed by various news agencies nation wide and have had articles appear in the Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun and appeared this past Sunday on CBC's Sunday Report which aired nationally. This week Craig was also interviewed in a follow up story with the CBC and talked in great length with Joe Paraskevas of the Calgary Herald and Paul Jackson of the Calgary Sun. The media spotlight is expected to shine on the 2cards.ca campaign much more over the next few days leading up to and at the August 22-25 Edmonton PC Convention.
(Calgary) 2cards.ca a project by the Progressive Group for Independent Business (PGIB) has struck a serious nerve with some Federal Conservative members. The bitterness is being seen in eMails sent to the PGIB National and Edmonton eMail addresses. "Although the overall support from Alliance and Conservative members has been extremely supportive, there still remains a few that are out of touch with what Canadians want. Some Conservatives are desperately trying to get their party's constitution changed to specifically forbid dual memberships", stated 2cards.ca Committee Chairman and PGIB National President, Craig B. Chandler. The Progressive Conservatives according to the PGIB have a radical left wing faction that is trying to keep the Alliance and Conservatives apart with a two fold strategy of disunity. The first prong of the attack on the 2cards.ca initiative is Resolution 9 which if adopted will change the PC Party constitution to specifically forbid membership of those holding memberships in other Canadian political parties. The second prong in the attack on unity comes in the form of continued support for article 2.2.3 remains which ensures that the PC Party remains committed to fielding 301 Progressive Conservative candidates in the next federal election. "Currently neither the Alliance or PC parties constitution prohibits membership in other federal parties. However, It seems that egos are getting involved rather than a focus on policy. The entire www.2cards.ca project is based on focusing on what unites us rather than divides us. This entire process will get small minded people in both parties upset with us, but, we need to do something drastic or the Liberals will remain in power for an eternity. We have members of the PGIB that are elected delegates to the Progressive Conservative convention in Edmonton that carry two cards. We will fight with all our might to defeat Resolution 9 and defeat support for Article 2.2.3" The PGIB will be actively campaigning on the floor of the federal Progressive Conservative convention. The PGIB will also be hosting a Hospitality suite for PC delegates, Alliance members and concerned Canadians. "This process will be painful, reconciliation after a divorce always is. However, those who are sincere and can focus on polices and what unites us will succeed in creating a real coalition to beat the Liberals. We need to purge the federal Progressive Conservative party of the Red Tory element before a merger of any sort is possible. Simply put, the Alliance has more members than the PC party and if only a few thousand Alliance members joined the PC Party, the party would take a dramatic shift back to conservatism and the purge would be complete", concluded Chandler. To put it simply the PGIB has one major objective on the convention floor and that is to defeat Resolution 9. If we are successful in this objective the PGIB can be proud of it's accomplishments at its convention. How this will be done will be revealed to you after victory has been achieved, as we do not want to reveal our strategies in this eMail newsletter.
(Calgary) The 6th Annual PGIB Golf Tournament and dinner in support of the www.2cards.ca project is completely sold out for Friday, August 16, 2002. Our members in Calgary have pulled through for us once again. We would like to thank the following sponsors that have helped fund the agenda of our nation wide www.2cards.ca tour. A special thanks go to: Your Maid Service, Dynamic Images, Interstate Batteries, The Wizard Computer Studio, Business Wise Consulting, Beirmar, The Shooting Edge, Equinox Financial, Copier Masters, ISS Financial Services, The Chandler Group of Companies, Costen & Associates, Melaleuca, Pete The Plumber, Alderman Ric McIver, Stampede Display, Ramatek, Aztech Consulting, Original Joes Rest, The Brick,Corrie Adolph, Bromark Rapid labels, Bandwidth Place, The Strategy Group and Osteria De Medici. If we have forgotten anyone please accept our sincere apologies and notify us immediately so that we can correct the situation. We have already raised a credible amount of funds to continue this self financed PGIB project. Thank you everyone!
(Edmonton) Hello from Edmonton! We are getting extremely excited up here for the formal introduction of the www.2cards.ca campaign. The response we are getting up here on the phones is encouraging as both Alliance members and Conservatives alike are attending the dinner. The dinner is about 50% sold out! Please go to http://2cards.ca/pages/english/content/edDinner.htm to find out more about the event. This is a superb networking opportunity. Save your seat to this event now by calling 425-7442.
(Edmonton) We have invited Edmonton area PGIB members, Canadian Alliance members and federal Progressive Conservatives to our Hospitality Suite. WHERE:
Thornton Court Hotel 99th & Jasper Room #616 (next to the Shaw
Convention Centre) Come out and enjoy good debate and beverages and snacks compliments of the PGIB. Well that is it for this week. Be sure to look at http://2cards.ca/pages/English/forums/index.htm regularly to see if there is a newsletter that you may have missed!
Could you use some extra money? Well all you have to do is forward our information out to everyone you know and ask them to take a look at www.2cards.ca If they join PGIB at $85.60 through the 2cards.ca Project we will pay you, whether you are a member or not $25 per member that joins as a result of your recommendation. How Will We Know Who You Recommend? Ask all of those people who you recommend to mention your full contact information in the comment section http://2cards.ca/pages/English/content/joinUs.htm (Please Note: Finders Fees are a one time occurrence per recommended member. Moneys must be received from the recommended member and have cleared the 2cards.ca bank account before a finder's fee cheque will be issued. No member can receive a discount on ones own membership). TO UNSUBSCRIBE: We have a strict spam policy at PGIB. If you are a recipient of this www.2cards.ca newsletter it is because you are a member of PGIB or have requested our information. Sometimes during the midst of a campaign you can expect increased communication from us. The current www.2cards.ca campaign is very active leading up to the federal PC convention at the end of August and our communication will dramatically decrease at that time. These updates are crucial to not only inform you as to what we are up to, but also inform you as to upcoming network Upcoming Events and general meetings in your area. To unsubscribe reply back to the newsletter with the words UNSUBSCRIBE in subject box, or simply click here and then click send. |
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