EDMONTON — The Alberta government says a special out-of-province prosecutor will assist in a criminal fraud investigation into the United Conservative Party leadership race won by Jason Kenney before he became premier. Eric Tolppanen, head of the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service, says an agreement is in place to get help from an Ontario prosecutor. “I can confirm that at the request of the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service, the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General has been providing advice to police during their investigation. The Alberta Crown first announced in May that it was seeking an out-of-province lawyer and Tolppanen, in a statement Wednesday, said someone was put in place immediately afterward. The NDP began calling for a special prosecutor soon after Kenney took over as premier on April 30 and named Schweitzer as justice minister.

Source: National Post July 03, 2019 16:41 UTC