EDMONTON - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says Alberta's Progressive Conservatives are leading the pack when it comes to election spending promises.
The lobby group estimates that Premier Alison Redford has promised $3.4 billion to fund new schools, family care clinics, and tax incentives.
That works out to about $1,000 for every man, woman, and child in the province, and is on top of the $886-million deficit the Tories already expect to run up in this year's budget.
The N-D-P is second with $1.9 billion in new spending, followed by the Liberals with $770 million and the Wildrose with $308 million.
The Wildrose is promising balanced budgets and a return to building up the province's nest-egg Heritage Savings Trust Fund.
Danielle Smith's party has also made headlines for promising to rebate directly to Albertans a portion of all future oil royalty surpluses.
Scott Hennig of the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation was on the Early News on Wednesday to talk more about all the pricey promises being made during the election:
Below, you can find copies of the CTF's costing documents, which break down some of the costs of the parties' promises:
PC Spending
Wildrose Spending
Liberal Spending
NDP Spending
© The Canadian Press, 2012