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The NDP election platform released Sunday includes a promise to ban gay conversion therapy, create a Ministry of Multiculturalism and launch a lawsuit against the manufacturers of opioid medication.

The 41-page document — which pushes the NDP slogan “fighting for you” — also doubles down on some of the billion-dollar commitments NDP Leader Rachel Notley has rolled out over the past two weeks.

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That includes expanding the NDP’s flagship $25-a-day child-care program to all spaces in the province, costing about $1.5 billion over five years, and a $1.35-billion investment over six years to expand the Alberta high-load corridor.

Plus, there’s $1.3 billion pegged to upgrade and build 70 schools across the province over five years.

The platform also maintains the promise to balance the budget by 2023-24, which has been a cornerstone of the party’s economic plan.

“It’s a concrete plan to create jobs, to diversify our economy in the energy sector and beyond,” Notley said at a news conference at the Belgravia Community League in Edmonton. “And to defend the public services that every day people rely on.”