Vision Vancouver is questioning a newly revealed connection between a conservative think-tank in Alberta and Vancouver's non-partisan association.
Vision Vancouver Executive Director Stepan Vdovine says he learned about private talks between NPA President Peter Armstrong and the Manning Centre when Armstrong was speaking at an annual general meeting over the weekend.
Vdovine says he's worried about the role the centre will play in Vancouver politics.
"The Manning Centre is connected to questionable activities around election reform, around election rules in a different city, in a different province. We would like NPA to clarify their relationship with the Manning Centre."
The centre is led by former Reform Party founder Preston Manning.
Vdovine says Vancouver voters deserve to know more about the extent of the relationship between the two.
However the Director of the NPA says there is absolutely no connection between their party and any Conservative think-tank.
Robert McDowell confirms there was a meeting between Peter Armstrong and Preston Manning.
But, he says the meeting was for a good reason.
"I think that he is just showing the members that he is out there networking on their behalf trying to get feedback about how we might win the next election."
McDowell says this is just an attempt by Vision Vancouver to upset them.