NDP's Ghosts of PC Past campaign 'bizarre,' says Jason Kenney camp

The Jason Kenney campaign team is calling a new Alberta NDP social media campaign on twitter as "desperate and bizarre."

Entitled Ghosts of PC Past,the reel contains names of six past PCMLAs who support Jason Kenney's leadership bid.

The six includeSohailQuadriwho it says spent $12,500 hosting a "lavish Christmas party. Billed to taxpayers."

It also pokes fun at former Canadian Alliance leader and Alberta cabinet ministerStockwellDay and hisinfamous news conference on a jet ski as a "highlight in a long series of low-lights."

Kenney spokesperson Blaise Boehmer said in an email, he finds it "bizarre" the NDP is attacking a three-week-old news release that names more than 50former PCMLAswho endorsehim.

"It's clear that the NDP is desperately looking to distract from their multi-billion-dollar, job-killing carbon tax that starts hitting Albertans' wallets in less than 2 weeks," he said.

Meant as 'a little fun'

The NDP saidthe social media post is meant as"a little fun," now that the legislative session has wrapped.

"He (Kenney) isa very public figure," RoariRichardson, NDP provincial secretary,said.

"He's put his name out there in terms of the leadership race and we're just trying to draw attention to the kind of people he is surrounding himself with."

But Richardson does take issue with how the Kenney camp characterizes the campaign.

"I certainly don't think it's desperate. It's maybe a little bit cheeky," he said, predictingthere will be much more "back and forth" with the Kenney campaignleading up to the PC leadership election on Mar.18.

Kenney is one of four candidates seeking the leadership of the PC party. So far, he isthe only one targeted in the "ghost" campaign by the NDP.