Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in Calgary to start the first full day of the election campaign and spoke to candidates and supporters on Monday.

Trudeau launched his campaign on the promise to create a ‘Plan for Fairness’ for the country’s middle-class.

“If you want to create jobs and grow the Canadian Economy, you have to give middle-class Canadians a real and fair chance to succeed,” he told supporters in Vancouver on Sunday. “This election is about the people with bills to pay and futures to plan.”

Trudeau was once leading in the polls and his party is working to regain that momentum.

“A year ago the liberals were at 38 percent, fast forward to now they’re at 29 percent so the conservative attack ads on the liberals have had an impact on not just the liberal support but also on the brand of Justin Trudeau,” said Nik Nanos, Nanos Research.

Alberta has traditionally been a conservative stronghold but the recent victory by the NDP in the provincial election has the New Democrats and Liberals taking a more serious look at capturing federal seats in the province.

Trudeau says Albertans are looking for change and that Harper has failed to plan for economic growth.

“Albertans had high expectations for Stephen Harper, but after a decade in power, he’s failed on the economy and broken his promise to bring open, honest government to Ottawa,” said Trudeau. “I believe the prime minister of Canada has three main jobs. Keep the country together, keep Canadians safe and give all Canadians a fair opportunity to succeed. That’s what Canadians need.”

Alberta has 34 ridings and right now the liberals do not hold a single seat.

Harper started his day in Laval and will end the day with a rally in Ajax, east of Toronto.

Harper made a comment in French about the Alberta NDP government's plan to manage the economy saying that it is a 'disaster' and has been 'rejected by the population'.

Trudeau responded by saying that Harper compromises Canadian interests by not working alongside those who do not share his ideologies.

"Whether it's the new Premier of Alberta, whether it's the Premier of Ontario, or whether it's the President of the United States, he is not putting Canada ahead of his ideology and it's quite interesting to me because it reinforces just how out of touch he is. You may remember, and I'm sure you all do, that Premier Notley campaigned on doing exactly that and got elected very strongly with a majority so she was keeping her word and Mr. Harper is out of touch," he said.

Rachel Notley released a statement on the Harper comment saying...

‘In replacing the previous Conservative government's regressive waiting room tax with a progressive income tax the Alberta NDP government reduced the tax burden on 90 percent of Albertans. At the same time, asking wealthy Albertans and profitable corporations to pay just a little bit more means that those who benefitted the most during high oil prices contribute their fair share to addressing the fiscal shortfall created by years of Conservative mismanagement and the drop in oil prices. Protecting the jobs and incomes of regular working families rather than that of wealthy Conservative friends and insiders is the best way to put our province on the path to economic recovery.”

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair did not campaign on Heritage Day and says he is preparing for the first leaders’ debate in Toronto on Thursday.

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(with files from The Canadian Press and ctvnews.ca)