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It was my honour to door knock with you. Thank you for your incredible work and your commitment to your riding and to Canada. https://t.co/H8OsNbpu0D — Leela Sharon Aheer (@LeelaAheer) August 17, 2019

In the greater Toronto area, Calgary-North East MLA and Community and Social Services Minister Rajan Sawhney campaigned for several local Conservative candidates.

It follows a commitment made last spring by Premier Jason Kenney, who said he’ll stump in Ontario to help ensure the defeat of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in this October’s federal election, though without using his government’s resources.

But the campaign efforts in Ontario and B.C. by Sawhney and Aheer drew jeers from foes, including Alberta NDP ethics and democracy critic Heather Sweet, who noted the province had just cut $3.2 million to the Calgary Homeless Foundation.

“What concerns me is that the Minister (Sawhney), who is responsible for homelessness, cut funding for Calgary Homelessness Foundation and was too busy campaigning to be here and answer for it,” said Sweet.

“We need our government to be focused on Alberta, not Ottawa.”

Critics on the cabinet ministers’ Twitter accounts were just as scathing.

“Shouldn’t you be more worried about the 14,000 lost jobs under your watch? As opposed to campaigning in another province,” said one man on the social media platform.

The UCP government says Aheer and Sawhney’s extra-curricular politicking was being done on their vacation time and at their own expense.

“Minister Sawhney will take every opportunity to reinforce Alberta’s role as a proud contributor to Confederation, and build on the long-standing connection between Ontario and Alberta,” Ryan Hastman, a spokesman for Sawhney, said in a statement.