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September 21?, 2015
The Reverend Jeffrey Rock Hand Delivered

Liberal Candidate for Lacombe-Red Deer
Unit A 5016 51St Avenue
Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6K8

RE: Defamatory Statements
Dear Reverend Rock:

Please be advised that I represent Blaine Calkins, the Conservative candidate for Lacombe Red
Deer.

I have been provided with your press release dated September 12th, 2015 as well as several Twitter
Tweets. Your suggestion that the fund raising done by Mr. Duffy for Mr. Calkin?s was somehow
wrong and as such Mr. Calkins has engaged in inappropriate behaviour by somehow allowing Mr
Duffy?s to fund raise on his behalf is slander and liablass. In particular, you write in your
September 12th, 2015 press release that, ?The improper fundraising has put hundreds of thousands
of dollars in the coffers of Conservative riding associations including right here in Central
Alberta. . This is a blatant attempt to tie Mr. Calkins to Mr. Duffy?s legal issues where not such
connection exists and in the process slander Mr. Calkin?s and his constituently association. This
paragraph, in conjunction with the rest of the September 12th, 2015 press release and the
aforementioned Twitter posts, constitutes defamatory statements.

Therefore, I am instructed to demand that you immediately issue a retraction of your September 12th,
2015 press release, and cease and desist from issuing Twitter posts on the subject. Failure to do so
could release in legal action against you and your campaign team. Please govern yourself
accordingly.

    

 

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