"If I don't get what I want, I quit!" Such are the cries that arise from some of the finest primary school playgrounds and Parliamentary caucuses of our country. Canadian Alliance leadership hopeful Diane Ablonczy figures she will have difficulty remaining in her party if members reject a move to unify with the Tories. We have seen this same devotion to principle displayed before. Just two years ago, her mentor Preston Manning made the same threat in his quest for passage of the ill-fated United Alternative initiative. It is something to see that the supposed respect for grassroots democracy does not preclude the use of emotional blackmail.

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