FREDERICTON – With the number of days in New Brunswick’s election campaign dwindling, some party leaders spent Wednesday morning criticizing their opponents’ campaigns.
Liberal Leader Brian Gallant says his plan to spend $900 million on the province’s infrastructure is a proven way of stimulating the economy.
Gallant kept up his criticism of the NDP and Progressive Conservative platforms, saying they would cost the province jobs.
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Premier David Alward is promoting shale gas and the Tories’ forestry plan as the best way to generate economic growth.
NDP Leader Dominic Cardy, meanwhile, says Gallant’s attacks on his party’s platform has misrepresented their position.
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He says the Liberal leader has made inaccurate attacks on the NDP’s plans for a shared-risk pension plan, its affordable housing strategy and the cost of restoring the Petitcodiac River.
Green Leader David Coon is pushing the need for preventative health care to take pressure off the system as he campaigns for Monday’s election, which includes putting a health tax on junk food.
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