Nearly 700K Albertans have already voted in high-stakes election
United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney arrives at a rally before the election, in Sherwood Park Alta, on April 15, 2019.
Almost 700,000 people voted early in malls, airports, recreation centres, public buildings and even an Ikea store. That was well ahead of the 235,000 who came out early in the 2015 election that saw Rachel Notley's NDP deliver a surprise knockout blow to the 44-year run of the Progressive Conservatives.The PCs merged with another right-centre party, the Wildrose, to create the new United Conservatives under former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney.
Notley, in turn, has said Kenney's plan to freeze spending and pursue more private-care options in health care will have a profound impact on students in the classroom and on patients waiting for care.
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