Reinventing the Alberta PCs...

If one thing was painfully apparent in the recent provincial election, it is the desperate need for the Progressive Conservatives to reinvent themselves as a party. Klein is old and stale, he seems disengaged and possibly even more power-centric than former Prime Minister Chretien was in his waning days.

A few names have been bandied about as possible successors to Klein's throne:

Gary Mar
Jim Dinning
Ted Morton

There's one or two others that are not sitting MLAs that are allegedly running around in the background as well.

Frankly, all of these candidates (declared or not) are simply going to continue the party on its current path towards irrelevancy. None of them has any particular spark about them, and worse several of them are architects of some of the Klein government's more idiotic policies.

My thought? Why shouldn't Heather Forsyth or someone like her make a run at the leadership. Heather is one of the few MLAs who went back to Edmonton with such a commanding lead in her local riding. Overall, I feel that she has been a good advocate for the residents of Calgary Fish Creek over the years. As Solicitor General for the province, she has brought forward some truly useful bits of legislation - things that are relatively sensible and balanced.

Just a random thought - she might actually be a good person to build the party around - and wouldn't a little bit of balance in our government be a nice thing to see?