On NB Campaign Trail, PCs Propose HST Cut, Liberals Promise Cap on Rent Costs, Greens Tackle Electricity Rate Hikes

New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservatives, Liberals, and Greens have already made a number of new promises since the provincial election campaign officially started on Sept. 19. Voters are scheduled to go to the polls on Oct. 21. Progressive Conservatives On Sept. 23, the governing Progressive Conservatives announced plans to expand the roles of nurse practitioners, paramedics, and pharmacists to improve health-care capacity. The party also noted that over its six-year tenure, investments in the provincial health-care system were up almost $1 billion per year. It said it added more than 120 new doctors and more than 1,000 new nurses to the system, cut primary care wait times by 70 percent, established 57 new collaborative health-care clinics, and significantly reduced hip and knee surgery wait times....