New Brunswick election: Progressive Conservatives release platform to voters

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative Party released its entire platform to voters Saturday evening before election day on Oct. 21.

The platform includes pre-announced commitments to cut HST by two per cent, provide financial literacy education in schools and introduce legislation to force people with severe drug addiction into treatment.

The Tory document says it will also uphold policies that “respect parents.”

The platform also pledges to improve working conditions for the province’s nurses and bear the 50 per cent of the cost for registered nurses’ long-term disability premiums for two years.

Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs says his party presents voters with a “realistic, affordable plan” that doesn’t try to “buy your vote with 100 promises.”

If his party is elected to govern, Higgs will serve a third term as premier.

The Tories’ platform is the last of the three major parties to be released during the campaign, with the Green Party’s platform being released on Wednesday and the Liberal Party publishing theirs on Oct. 3.

Both Higgs and Liberal Party Leader Susan Holt cast their ballots at the advance polls in their respective districts today.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 12, 2024.

The Canadian Press