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The message to Alberta conservatives is stark — stay behind Jason Kenney, or else.

The thought that Brian Jean might step over to Derek Fildebrandt’s Freedom Conservative Party brought fierce blowback from two of Canada’s most senior conservatives.

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One was former prime minister Stephen Harper, no less, who fired off a Thursday tweet, saying: “Personal ambition and fighting old battles must take a backseat to the best interests of our province.

“Jason Kenney received an overwhelming mandate from Alberta’s conservatives to lead us into the next election . . . we are confident that all true conservatives will help defeat this NDP government.”

Note the word “true.” Harper doesn’t mention Jean by name, but you can visualize him being flung into outer darkness.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe tweeted: “United we win, divided we fall.”

In his province, Moe said, dividing conservatives resulted in “electing NDP governments, over and over again.”