Wildrose party members in Alberta have overwhelmingly voted down a motion to include parents in all issues related to a child's education, including sexual identity or identification.

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean, in a rousing speech Friday to party members, lamented an Alberta he says has been driven to dysfunction and dystopia by Premier Rachel Notley's NDP government.

The party voted to go with the current policy definition, which broadly promises to "recognize that Albertans have equal rights, privileges and responsibilities."

Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith has thrown down the gauntlet, telling her supporters if the party doesn't win the next election, she will quit.

Alberta Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith, under fire by critics as a weak leader and climate change denier, announced Friday she now believes climate change exists and that mankind is at least partially to blame.