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EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition leader says she’ll be voting for the NDP candidate in her riding on Monday, despite disagreements with the federal party on energy policy.

Provincial NDP Leader Rachel Notley says in a statement that she had been planning to stay on the sidelines during the federal election.

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But she says the prospect of a Conservative minority government backed by the separatist Bloc Quebecois has her deeply concerned for the future of the country.

Notley criticized Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s plans to roll back climate change action and cut spending, as well as anti-choice, homophobic and xenophobic views within his party.

She says the NDP candidate in her riding of Edmonton-Strathcona, Heather McPherson, is the only candidate that can beat the Conservatives there.

Notley, a former premier, says her disagreements with federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh over the Trans Mountain oil pipeline have not disappeared, and she will continue to challenge him.