Back to a one party state in Alberta?

Is this the end of the Wildrose, even though I believe that Jim Prentice is showing tremendous leadership, democracy never works as well without an effective opposition. If the Wildrose party is merged with the Conservatives we will return to the days of one party having 90% of the seats in the legislature.  

Wildrose caucus meeting over merger with Alberta Conservatives

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildrose-caucus-meeting-over-merger-with-alberta-conservatives-1.2874525