Alberta United Conservative Party MLA Chantelle de Jonge (Chestermere-Strathmore) said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “recently appointed two extremely left-wing partisans to represent Alberta in the Canadian Senate — completely ignoring the elected will of Albertans.” In 2021, hundreds of thousands of Albertans elected Conservative Senator-Elect Pam Davidson (Alberta) and Senator-Elect Erika Barootes (Alberta) to represent them in the Senate. “But in very typical Trudeau fashion, he’s decided to ignore the result of that election and rather impose his own will on Albertans by picking these left-wing senators to be his stooges in Canada’s so-called chamber of sober second thought,” said de Jonge in a Wednesday video. .De Jonge said the appointment of Independent Senators Group Sen. Kristopher Wells (Alberta) is disturbing. This is because Wells has spent years bashing conservatives in the media. Wells posted a meme comparing Christians to Nazi murderers. Last year, he referred to the parental rights movement as an organized hate movement. The MLA went on to say what was worse was in 2017, Wells was involved in managing an Alberta government-funded website that shared content so pornographic and sexually explicit the links had to be taken down after public outrage. Parents for Choice in Education filed a police complaint because of the explicit material on the website. After all of this information came to light, de Jonge accused him of doing what he always does. She said he “gaslit and attacked concerned Albertans for expressing their legitimate concerns.” “I could go on and on about the antics of Kris Wells, but one thing is very clear — this is not someone who should be representing Albertans,” she said. “Not today, not ever.” The Alberta government denounced Trudeau’s appointment of two Liberal donors as Alberta senators on August 31. READ MORE: Smith slams Trudeau’s weekend appointment of two Liberal donors to the SenateThese appointments marked the 35th anniversary of Alberta holding Canada’s first Senate election. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the Canadian government disregarded the province’s interests.Former Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer LLP partner Daryl Fridhandler had been named to the Senate. Fridhandler is a Liberal organizer, with donations totalling $119,959 to federal and provincial campaigns.
