Hundreds of Wildrose Alliance party members gathered in Calgary for a two-day annual general meeting. One of the youngest parties in Alberta is building a platform it hopes will help topple the reigning Conservative government.
One part of the party's platform includes the elimination of the Human Rights Commission.
The Wildrose Alliance would keep the human rights laws in place, but have the courts settle such disputes instead.
"They've taken on frivolous cases, they don't take on the same high standards as you see in a regular court of law," Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smith said Saturday. "Our members decided they wanted any challenges to be adjudicated in real courts."
Another point the party would tackle is supporting private, not for profit hospitals.
"As long as they are getting health care, as long as they don't have to pay for it, they don't care who owns the facility."
Political experts say the party becoming the official opposition in future elections is a real possibility.
It's also said the party stands the best chance of taking over from the Conservatives.
The party will have to select more candidates, only 41 have been chosen, with 46 left to go.
It's not clear when a provincial election will be called; the writ could drop anytime between the fall, and next year.
With files from Kevin Armstrong
