UCP rolls out election promises, picks fight over K-12 curriculum review

A fight is brewing over Alberta’s K-12 curriculum overhaul after United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney vowed this weekend a UCP government would halt the review.
On Sunday, Education Minister David Eggen called that proposal outrageous, a “drive-by shooting” on education.
Kenney called the $64-million review an “ideological rewrite” during a speech at the UCP pre-election conference in Edmonton. Over the weekend, he rolled out a number of platform points, ranging