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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer made a campaign stop in Calgary Monday evening, rallying supporters in the Calgary Skyview riding with a speech promising to repeal the carbon tax, champion Canada’s energy sector and cut taxes.

“Job number one for a Conservative government will be called an Act to Repeal the Carbon Tax,” Scheer said to applause from the crowd.

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“We’re going to repeal Bill C-69. And we’re going to start the process to get an energy corridor in this country, so that western Canadian energy can flow to eastern Canadian markets so that once and for all we can get off foreign oil and become energy independent in this country.”

Conservative candidate Jag Sahota is running for election in Calgary Skyview. Darshan Kang won the seat as a Liberal in 2015, but was removed from the caucus over allegations of improper behaviour with staff and sat as an independent.

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Earlier Monday, Scheer announced at an appearance in Kelowna, B.C. that if he is elected, parents would receive up to $150 back on their taxes per child up to the age of 16 for enrolling their kids in sports and fitness classes, and another $75 for putting them in arts and learning programs, including dance classes, drawing or after-school tutoring.