EDMONTON — The Liberals and NDP are campaigning in Edmonton on Tuesday, while the Conservatives and Wildrose try to get the vote in central and southern Alberta.
Conservative Leader Jim Prentice starts the day in Calgary at the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocate Centre, then heads to Rocky Mountain House and Rimbey.
Wildrose Leader Brian Jean talks about health care in Calgary, then heads northeast to the village of Linden, then back to Calgary.
READ MORE: Wildrose to use more private care, out-of-province care to fix long health waits
Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann, who is a medical doctor, will announce a health care policy, then knock on doors in the riding of Edmonton Mill Creek.
NDP Leader Rachel Notley will talk about the Summer Temporary Employment Program.
On Monday, Notley said she will cancel a hike in the province’s mortgage tax if elected premier. She also said her government would also kill an increase in fees for land titles.
Notley says the change is an unacceptable hurdle for home buyers already worried about their jobs.
Nineteen school boards scolded the Progressive Conservatives when it comes to education spending cuts and their effect on students.
The school boards sounded the alarm on Monday, warning budget cuts and a growing number of students will mean larger classes and fewer services.
READ MORE: School boards scold education cuts, Alberta PCs say use cash reserves
But Education Minister Gordon Dirks fired back, saying the school boards should tap their cash reserves to make up for the funding cuts.
Jean said he would use private clinics and send patients out of province and abroad, if needed, to improve key health care wait times.
Jean said a Wildrose government will institute wait time guarantees for five procedures to fix what he called a broken system that over charges and under delivers.
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