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Premier Rachel Notley accused opposition leader Jason Kenney of planning to install toll roads if he wins the upcoming election, but the UCP fired back calling the comments a “desperate attack.”

“The fact of the matter is that (Kenney) told the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce that in some situations it might be appropriate to look at user fees for infrastructure as it relates to roads,” she told reporters Thursday.

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“That very clearly signals tolls.”

Notley raised the issue during a speech at the Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association’s annual conference, where she also touched on pipelines, the fluctuating oil differential and economic diversification.

“I will say ‘No’ every time to tolls,” she said in her speech.

The UCP has never suggested applying tolls to existing public infrastructure, said spokeswoman Christine Myatt.

She called the premier’s comments a “desperate attack” that amounted to fear mongering.