Re: "PM could reopen old constitutional wounds with Senate reforms, experts say," (The Hill Times, May 23, p. 1). There are a couple of factual inaccuracies in this report. It stated that no province other than Alberta had indicated a willingness to go along with the scheme to permit provinces to hold elections for Senators (as was proposed in Bill S-8 during the last session of Parliament). This is not the case. The B.C. Liberal Party has a standing policy on the books to bring in legislation to allow for the election of Senators, and nearly all of those who ran in the B.C. leadership race, including current Premier Christy Clark, pledged their support for the policy. Moreover, so too has the Saskatchewan government as far back as 2008.

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