Business leaders, unions and other special interest groups are all vying to have their voices heard as the province prepares to head to the polls.

Several business leaders held a conference Friday to encourage voters to stick with the PC Party.

"I know what the PC's can do. I don't know what the NDP's can do...and that scares me,” president and CEO of Keller Construction, John Cameron, said during the media conference.

"We don’t need amateurs running things in uncertain times,” Melcor Developments chairman, Tim Melton, added.

On Saturday unions and other special interest groups rallied around the city to add their voices to the debate.

Public Interest Alberta, Friends of Medicare and AUPE gathered on the steps of the Alberta Legislature to voice their concerns about the upcoming election.

Organizers described it as a call for people to vote for the public good.

“We are not endorsing a particular party. What we are trying to do is get people motivated to go vote, to understand that not voting in this election is not a rebellion, it is not a statement. That basically is a way of surrendering to the status quo,” the executive director of Friends of Medicare, Sandra Azocar, told CTV News.

“As Albertans we can make a difference with a vote.”

Azocar said the group was concerned with the recent cuts to health care and they feel the province needs a change.

“What we have seen is a lack of ability to make the kind of changes that we think are important in terms of improving our public services.

“We need to see appropriate funding. We need to be able to see appropriate funding in the health care sector. We need to see all those cuts that were tabled on March 6th in that austerity budget reversed so that we can bring up to standards some of the services that will negatively be impacted.”

Elsewhere, Edmonton Catholic Teachers Local 54 also held an election event to encourage parents to consider the future of the education system when the vote.

“I just want people to think about who they are going to vote for on Tuesday and what is best to make Alberta better,” union president Greg Carabine explained.

“What we want is for people to just think about what is best for the children. Do you want your kid in a class with 45 kids or do you prefer to have your kid in a class with 24 children?”

Father of two Chris Smith said he was eager to hear from the teachers about the state of the provincial education system.

“They say the class sizes are small but I think the people on the front lines are saying otherwise.”

Smith said he has high hopes for his young children to become leaders in the world and believes that education is the key.

“If they can’t get as much attention as needed in order to enforce the good skills and habits that are required when they are older then I think we are going to start to see a decline in how the world operates.”

As for voters, many seem to have already made up their minds.

Sally Tilburn said she knew shortly after the election who she would vote for and said all the campaigning did not influence her at all.

“No. They didn’t sway me.”

Alice Topp cast his vote in the advance polls.

“I am picking based on where the most money is going to be saved and best utilized.

“I think what it comes down to maybe is just the lesser of evils,” he added.

Election day is May 5 and polls will be open from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m.

CTV Edmonton will be running special election night coverage beginning at 8 p.m.

With files from Nicole Weisberg