FREDERICTON - New Brunswick鈥檚 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 鈥渞espect parents.鈥
The platform also pledges to improve working conditions for the province鈥檚 nurses and bear the 50 per cent of the cost for registered nurses鈥 long-term disability premiums for two years.
Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs says his party presents voters with a 鈥渞ealistic, affordable plan鈥 that doesn鈥檛 try to 鈥渂uy your vote with 100 promises.鈥
If his party is elected to govern, Higgs will serve a third term as premier.
The Tories鈥 platform is the last of the three major parties to be released during the campaign, with the Green Party鈥檚 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 春色直播was first published Oct. 12, 2024.
