Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party still enjoys a considerable lead and is widely expected to become the government after Tuesday’s election. NDP Leader Rachel Notley has said her campaign is in “good shape” headed into a final stretch where her party is single-digits behind its opponent
The final pushes from both parties reflect much of their campaign strategies over the past month. Ms. Notley’s New Democrats have said the main battleground is Calgary, and they need to hold onto a smattering of downtown seats to retain government. Mr. Kenney has pointed to Edmonton and has vowed to win in the region, which Ms. Notley’s party swept in 2015.
At an event in Calgary, Ms. Notley was upbeat, and said voters who previously supported Alberta’s conservative parties have said they are considering the New Democrats because they are concerned about the views of some UCP candidates. A record 403,000 Albertans cast ballots in advance polls, more than a quarter of whom took advantage of a change in election rules that allowed them to do so outside of their home constituencies at any voting location in the province. The number of votes smashed the previous record for advance polls, which was 235,000 in 2015.
“On this Tuesday, we are going to end the Trudeau-Notley alliance and stand up and fight for this province,” Mr. Kenney said on Friday in Red Deer, Alta. He added that if his party forms government, he’ll look to help the federal Conservatives defeat Mr. Trudeau in the federal election in October.Ms. Notley has rejected the suggestion she’s been too close to the Liberal Prime Minister. Instead, she shot back that Mr. Kenney is “beholden to extreme fringes” in his party.
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