Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's plan to spend billions of dollars to fast-track school building across the province will come with a new program to fund private school construction.

The Alberta government says it will spend $8.6 billion over the next seven years to build as many as 30 new schools and create 200,000 more student spaces across the province. Premier Danielle Smith announced the plan in a televised address on Tuesday evening,

It shows that Manitoba’s Wab Kinew is the country’s most popular premier with an approval rating of 66 per cent. After that, there is a three-way tie for second place. An equal 46 per cent of respondents say they approve of Danielle Smith (Alberta), Andrew Furey (Newfoundland and Labrador) and David Eby (B.C.).

Alberta's government will build up to 30 new public schools, modernize five older schools and fund five charter school construction projects annually for three years, starting next year, cabinet ministers say.

Danielle Smith says the provincial government working on pilot program to ‘incentivize investment’ by non-profit private schools