Premier Jason Kenney and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley after a photo-op with senators in Edmonton on Thursday. (Amber Bracken/Canadian Press)

By Canadian Press

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Kenney, Notley swap misconduct allegations in Alberta legislature

May 23, 2019 | 5:10 PM

EDMONTON – The first question period for the new government at the Alberta legislature got dirty in a hurry.

Premier Jason Kenney and Opposition Leader Rachel Notley swapped accusations of criminal behaviour, sexual misconduct and harbouring rule-breakers in the first session since Kenney defeated Notley in the provincial election.

Notley demanded to know why Kenney was allowing Calgary member Peter Singh to sit in the United Conservative caucus.

Singh won the Calgary-East seat in last month’s provincial election.

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It came just days after his auto-repair shop was raided by Mounties and a computer hard drive confiscated in a fraud investigation into the UCP leadership race that Kenney won.

Kenney said there is no criminal charge against Singh.

Kenney then asked if Notley would like to identify which two members of her former government caucus had been accused of serious sexual misconduct.

The NDP has said the issue has been resolved but the names are withheld to protect the privacy of the complainants.

Kenney says the NDP needs to focus on the issues that people care about, which are jobs and the economy.

(Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press)