How will the Progressive Canadian Party address Western alienation, particularly in Alberta?
Hueglin: Western alienation, Quebec separatism are conditions that will always exist. They ebb and flow. It is optimistic in the extreme to believe they can be ended by structural change. A clearer delineation of roles and clarification of responsibilities would be of value. Structural change to enable provinces to build firewalls around themselves would not be. Establishing positive realizable national goals the provinces commit to rather than goals they do not would be a most efficacious direction to take. Vere: Is there any room in the Progressive Canadian Party for social conservatives? Where does your party stand vis-à-vis abortion and the traditional definition of marriage? Hueglin: There must be depending upon what attributes are attached to the term. I opposed the abolition of capital punishment, favour linking those wishing to adopt to those pregnant, accept civil union with attendant acceptance of responsibilities but not marriage otherwise than in the traditional sense. As a
