FREDERICTON, N.B. – As party leaders and candidates hit the road across New Brunswick campaigning for the upcoming provincial election, Global News will keep track of where they are and what they’re saying in our election notebook.
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Here’s what happened Tuesday, August 26.
Liberals: Tax credit for seniors
Liberal Leader Brian Gallant was in Fredericton Tuesday morning, promising financial help for seniors who want to stay in their homes. He says the tax credit would offset the cost of home renovations.
Seniors would be eligible for a refund of up to $1,000 under the tax credit. The party says the cost to the provincial government would be $4.8-million/year and create 443 full-time jobs.
Conservatives: Buying local
David Alward began his Tuesday in Pembroke, N.B. pledging to support buy-local programs across the province. Alward says if elected he’ll bring in policies that will help attract new farmers to the industry.
He says that includes modernizing land-use policy and cutting red tape for farmers.
NDP: Protecting the financially vulnerable
NDP leader Dominic Cardy was in Moncton announcing his plan for new legislation to protect New Brunswickers from the ‘predatory practices of payday lenders.’
Cardy says he would put a ceiling on the amount of interest payday loan companies can charge New Brunswick customers.
He said the legislation would ban some lending practices, like issuing concurrent and back-to-back loans.
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