The leadership campaign of Jason Kenney collaborated with fellow candidate Jeff Callaway's campaign during the party's 2017 United Conservative Party leadership race, leaked internal UCP documents obtained by CBC News show. "It was something that had been decided in a meeting in mid-July, between Callaway and the Jason Kenney leadership team." Following Kenney's landslide win, it was alleged Kenney's campaign ran Callaway as a so-called "kamikaze" candidate to attack and undermine Jean, Kenney's main political rival. Kenney campaign staffer provided Callaway with suggested drop-out speechCallaway dropped out of the UCP leadership race on Oct. 4, 2017 and threw his support behind Kenney. The documents show Kenney’s campaign provided Callaway’s with messaging that specifically attacked former Wildrose leader Brian Jean (above).

Source: CBC News March 17, 2019 04:43 UTC