PC candidate Darcy Davis officially opened his office on Olds' main street last Saturday.
Deputy Premier Doug Horner was present to lend his support to Davis and about 30 people attended the event.
“It is fabulous to have the kind of quality candidates like Davis that are running for our party,” said Horner.
“Premier Redford is extremely proud of our entire list of candidates.”
Davis has already been campaigning for the last couple of months in the constituency.
“My wife and I have been out door knocking in the constituency. We are getting a good response. We know we have work to do,” he said.
“We really want to hear from the constituents about what their concerns and issues are.”
Because of the campaign, Davis spends more time in Olds than he does at his Acme home.
“We are not at home. We are out and about. This is what it is going to be,” said Davis.
“I am making a commitment to the people in the constituency that I will get to the edges. Then, I will be in the middle and at the edges and where I need to be, when I need to be there.”
Davis believes that the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency is facing five major issues: senior care, education, property rights, agriculture, and the Olds overpass. He believes that the province should build more long-term care facilities.
“We need care facilities for people with dementia, Alzheimer's, those kinds of serious concerns,” said Davis.
Moreover, he wants the government to improve home care, so that seniors can stay at home longer.
Regarding education, Davis wants to update aging facilities and build new ones in the constituency.
Davis also wants to make sure that property rights are respected.
“We have some work to do around that, to make sure people understand planning and those things that will be coming forward in the future,” he said.
“We have some great opportunities to conserve number one farmland, some great opportunities to set aside land for some recreation possibly.”
As a farmer himself, agriculture is always at the forefront of Davis's mind.
“We need to get our markets in Asia set up and going well. We just can't take what we have got going right now for granted,” he said.
“We have good prices but that might not last. We really need to keep working on agriculture, add some value here in Alberta, and keep it going.”
As for the Olds overpass, Davis said he would be pushing it as hard as he can.
Both Davis and Horner answered questions from the public during the office opening.
“Our job is to make sure that Albertans have the right information, that they understand where we are going and what we stand for,” said Horner.
“It is easy to understand what people are against. It is difficult to understand sometimes what people are for.”
Both Horner and Davis said they were looking forward to the election.
