The United Conservative Caucus has published an attack ad saying Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley scared away jobs and increased unemployment. .“Businesses closed, and people were leaving Alberta at rates never seen in our history,” said a voiceover in a Monday video. .“That’s because the previous government increased taxes 97 times, including the carbon tax, the largest tax increase in Alberta history.” .The voiceover said the Alberta NDP “brought in policies that had us lose jobs and watched as investment fled this province.” He added now Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the Alberta United Conservative Party are standing up for people. .This has been done, the narrator said, by implementing policies making life more affordable, creating thousands of jobs, and bringing in more investment. He said these are “the right policies getting the right results.” .The voiceover noted Alberta has the fastest growing economy in Canada, with more people choosing to call it home. .“Your United Conservative Caucus is putting Albertans first,” he said. .Economists said in September Alberta's population is growing, and the influx of people are coming from Ontario..READ MORE: More than 10,000 Canadians moved to Alberta in the second quarter of 2022.“Almost 10,000 more people moved into Alberta from other parts of Canada in the second quarter of 2022 than vice versa,” said ATB Economics Deputy Chief Economist Rob Roach. ."This was the largest net gain from interprovincial migration since the second quarter of 2014.".The Alberta UCP would form a majority government if an election took place now, according to February 10 projections by 338Canada. .READ MORE: Projections show Alberta UCP winning majority government.The projections said the UCP would win 49 seats, a decrease from 63 in 2019. They said the NDP would obtain 38 seats, an increase from 24 in 2019. .No other parties would win a seat in the Alberta Legislature. The other parties the projections cited were the Alberta Party, the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta, and the Alberta Greens.
