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The United Conservative Party might be sorry if the infamous Bill C-69 is ever defeated or changed into something positive.

The Liberal bill, now in Senate committee, is a great fundraising flag for Alberta’s official opposition.

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But a false flag, in several ways.

Jason Kenney’s party sent a super-heated letter to party members on Dec. 13, asking for donations to pressure Alberta senators to be chosen once again in provincial elections.

“Justin Trudeau’s recently appointed, unaccountable and entirely unelected senators ignored the overwhelming views of Albertans and actually voted in favour of Bill C-69,” the letter said.

This is false. Those senators voted second reading of the bill because that sends it to committee, where it will be the subject of extensive hearings and amendments.

Former Postmedia columnist Paula Simons, one of the newly-appointed senators, told radio host Rob Breakenridge: “I did not vote to pass this legislation. I would not vote in favour of C-69 as written, and I’ve said that literally from the first day I got here.