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Former UCP hopeful Cyndy Morin, who sought the party’s nomination in Calgary-Fish Creek, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the NDP over allegations she took illegal corporate donations.

Morin is seeking $650,000 from the provincial party for herself and her law firm, saying an NDP news release from last Aug. 10 defamed her.

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“Morin became aware that the NDP had published comments on their publicly accessible website,” says her statement of claim, a copy of which was obtained Tuesday by Postmedia.

The release about Morin and her law firm, Resolve Legal Group, was titled “UCP Nomination Candidate Accepts Illegal Corporate Donations,” her claim says.

It then went on to say the party had filed a complaint against Morin.

“After a string of UCP nomination controversies, Alberta’s NDP is asking the Election Commissioner of Alberta to investigate UCP nomination candidate Cyndy Morin . . . for accepting and promoting corporate donations to her campaign,” said the release, quoted in her lawsuit.