The legislation will mandate that property assessments will remain at 2017 levels for the 2018 taxation year — with a few exceptions. 

New Brunswick's auditor general says she will review the province's property assessment system in the wake of a series of errors.

Premier Brian Gallant says he will not resign and says a call by Progressive Conservative opposition leader Blaine Higgs for him to step down over the property tax assessment controversy is "political opportunism at its worst."