United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney is shrugging off revelations that the RCMP have taken over an investigation into allegations of "irregular political contributions" to a former UCP leadership candidate with alleged connections to Kenney's leadership campaign. "It becomes a question of how much did Mr. Kenney know and when did he know It," University of Alberta political scientist Jared Wesley said Friday. "And that is not a set of questions that any political leader wants to be answering heading into an election campaign." Earlier Friday, CBC News revealed Alberta's election commissioner has turned over to the RCMP his investigation into alleged irregular political contributions to former UCP leadership contender Jeff Callaway. "I wrote long detailed emails about this mess to Jason Kenney in December, and Jason Kenney and the UCP board in February," he said.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2019 18:56 UTC