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EDMONTON — Alberta’s United Conservative government wants to reconvene the legislature earlier than planned.

Government house leader Jason Nixon says in a statement that he’s sent a request to the Speaker to call members of the legislature back starting Oct. 8.

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The fall sitting wasn’t supposed to start until later in October.

Premier Jason Kenney has already said he plans to bring down a budget next month.

He has also said that a report from a government-appointed panel that looked into the province’s finances would be used as a basis for the budget.