Rachel Notley calls election in Alberta, scheduled for April 16
Notley asked cheering supporters standing behind her in Calgary Tuesday morning if they are ready to fight for an Alberta that benefits everyone.“The question is this: do Albertans stick together or do we turn on each other?” she said.
The spring election will be the first for the United Conservative Party and its leader Kenney, a federal cabinet minister under former prime minister Stephen Harper. The NDP also want to see their tax and program incentives survive to help diversify the economy. The party is planning to spend $3.7 billion to lease rail cars to get more oil to market and has introduced a carbon tax.
He has said he would will run a campaign focused on job creation and has promised to cut red tape by one third, which - along with the tax reductions - he believes will spur economic growth to balance the budget in four years.Three other parties - the Liberals, the Alberta Party and the Freedom Conservative Party - say they will be releasing their platforms soon. All three hope to escape the political fringes in this election.
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