Confirmation came from a spokesman for the prime minister’s office just hours after Kenney first revealed he had been questioned by police. “Yes, I did an interview… once,” Kenney said Monday in response to a reporter’s question at a news conference. “Answer a lot of questions about the events of 2017… at the end of the day, my campaign did everything it could to carefully follow all the rules.” The RCMP is investigating allegations of fraud and identity theft in the contest that Kenney won in October 2017 from 2019. The researchers interviewed several UCP MLAs and at least five cabinet members, including Jobs, Economy and Innovation Minister Doug Schweitzer, who finished third in the 2017 competition. Former Wildrose chief and elected MLA Fort McMurray-Lac la Biche Brian Jean finished second. The RCMP said little about its ongoing investigation only that it is still ongoing. The revelation comes just weeks before Kenneth’s leadership review at the UCP, which will be done by ballot by mail, a change announced last week. The review was originally to take place through a one-day personal vote in Red Deer on April 9. Since then, the presidents of the UCP constituency associations and seven MLAs have expressed concern about the change, arguing that it could lead to fraudulent activity. Irfan Sabir, the NDP’s opposition MLA for Calgary-Bhullar-McCall, said Monday that he had sent a letter calling on the RCMP to add the ongoing leadership review to its ongoing investigation. Kenney also responded Monday to a CBC News report last week that said he had set conditions for former candidate Jeff Callaway to enter and leave the 2017 leadership race and was in the discussion room on how to fund it. campaign. The story was based on transcripts of interviews with two collaborating witnesses filed at the Court of Queen’s Bench in Alberta. Kenney said he never offered funding to Callaway, nor did his campaign raise funds. He said that an investigation by the election leader found that no one in his campaign violated the law.
