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Major party leaders campaigns hit southern Alberta

Apr 2, 2019 | 9:39 AM

On the campaign trail today, Sarah Hoffman, Alberta NDP candidate for Edmonton-Glenora, says UCP Leader Jason Kenney must fire one of his candidates caught spreading hate in a 2013 recording.

Hoffman’s call for the firing of Mark Smith, UCP candidate in Drayton Valley-Devon, comes after comments surfaced in which he compared homosexuality and abortion to pedophilia.

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United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney announced in Turner Valley his party’s job creation plans for the energy sector.

Kenney says the plan includes a royalty guarantee, support for natural gas, well remediation, faster approvals and petrochemical diversification.

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Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel announced from Calgary the party’s plan to secure a new route to the Alaska coast for Alberta products.

The party says it would build a rail and pipeline corridor to the 49th state to give Alberta long-term coastal access.

Leader Stephen Mandel says B-C would be bypassed as Alberta pursues a northern corridor.

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Alberta Liberal Party Leader David Khan released his party’s mental-health and addictions policy from Calgary on Tuesday.

Khan says Alberta Liberals would increase spending to 9 per cent from 6 per cent on mental health and addictions, invest $150 million in new spending immediately and redirecting $450 million in spending over four years.

(With files from the Canadian Press)