Photo: The Canadian Press Jason Kenney in Calgary, Friday, March 25, 2022. Alberta’s prime minister says he was interviewed by the RCMP as part of a possible criminal identity fraud investigation into Kenney’s 2017 UCP leadership competition. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Jeff McIntosh Alberta’s Prime Minister Jason Kenney says he was interviewed by the RCMP as part of an investigation into possible criminal identity fraud in the United Conservative Party leadership contest in 2017. Kenney, answering questions from reporters, says he did an interview with the Mounties at their request and remains confident that his campaign team followed all the rules. The police investigation is one of two investigations into the 2017 vote, in which Kenney defeated his main rival Brian Jean to win the top spot in the party and eventually become prime minister. Election officials investigated inappropriate donations to the campaign of another candidate, Jeff Callaway, and imposed thousands of dollars in fines. Following the match, it became known that Callaway’s team was working behind the scenes with Kenney’s supporters as Callaway publicly discredited Jean before leaving the match to support Kenney. Kenney says he had no knowledge of or involvement in illegal donations.
