Apps denies 'serious' merger talks, says Kinsella called him, not vice versa: Last Updated: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 /6:17 PM ET :CBC News.
In a sworn affidavit, Liberal Party strategist Warren Kinsella says the party's president, Alfred Apps, told him in May about "high level" discussions with NDP officials about the "creation of a new party."
The document comes amid fierce denials by leaders of both parties of a CBC News report that the Liberals and NDP have been holding secret talks about possibly merging to form a new entity to take on the Conservatives.
Kinsella, who was an adviser to former prime minister Jean Chrétien, writes that he took "detailed notes" of his conversation with Apps and was surprised when Apps told him there was "a lot of interest in merger in the NDP."
He said Apps told him the NDP would have to comply with three conditions: renouncing socialism and embracing a mixed-market economy, accepting Michael Ignatieff as leader, and having senior party "saints" such as Ed Broadbent and Roy Romanow promote the concept.
But Apps told CBC News that Kinsella's claims in the affidavit are not true. He insisted Kinsella called him and told him of the meetings of two party's senior figures, not the other way around.
"In subsequent calls from Warren, I discouraged him strongly from pursuing the idea," Apps said. "I have never personally engaged in serious discussions on this topic and have no personal knowledge of any such discussions among others. I have never encouraged such discussion."
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