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Voters have 28 days to decide who they want to run Alberta for the next four years after NDP Leader Rachel Notley dropped the writ Tuesday and officially launched an election campaign that has already been informally underway for weeks.

“It is time for an election,” Notley said to a crowd assembled at Calgary’s National Music Centre Tuesday morning, kicking off the party’s campaign seeking a second majority government at the polls on April 16.

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“Are you ready to fight for an Alberta where we bring people together, not keep them apart?”

“I can’t wait for the campaign ahead,” she said, flanked by supporters holding signs with phrases like, “fighting for you” and “fighting for jobs.”

Kenney kicks off campaign

Notley’s main rival in the four-week campaign, UCP Leader Jason Kenney, held his own event at Total Energy Services in Leduc Tuesday afternoon, where he said Alberta’s economy has been destroyed and is in a “job crisis” with thousands of positions shed over the last few months.