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Documents showing Jason Kenney’s UCP leadership campaign corresponded over a so-called kamikaze campaign to undermine competitor Brian Jean during the party leadership race is like something out of “House of Cards,” says Deputy Premier Sarah Hoffman.

“It belongs on House of Cards, it belongs on Netflix, it doesn’t belong in Alberta politics,” she told reporters outside the Federal Building on Sunday.

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“We have seen over the weekend that Mr. Kenney and his campaign will stop at nothing to take power away from Rachel Notley,” she said.

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Leaked emails show regular communication between Matt Wolf — Kenney’s current deputy chief of staff, the man behind the official Twitter account for Kenney’s office and a senior member of his leadership campaign staff — and leadership candidate Jeff Callaway’s campaign manager, Cameron Davies.

Last month, Alberta’s election commissioner handed a $15,000 penalty to Davies for “obstruction of an investigation.”