N.B. election: Susan Holt aims to fulfill election promises [Video]

The New Brunswick Liberals made dozens of promises to voters on the campaign trail and premier-designate Susan Holt says they plan to implement some of them immediately.

“The first thing is taking the tax off power bills,” Holt told CTV News Atlantic’s Todd Battis during an interview Tuesday. “We’ve got to get right to work. New Brunswickers need us to deliver a number of things urgently.

“We have to deliver relief.”

Holt and the Liberals promised to remove the 10 per cent provincial sales tax from electricity bills. They’ve also made a long list of promises in health care, affordability, housing, education and child care.

Holt noted they plan to follow through on their pledge to get a rent cap in place and remove the Gas Tax to save people roughly four cents per litre at the pump.

She also said her government would focus on sustainable, renewable energy.

“We have to move more aggressively on renewable energy projects,” …