N.B. Liberals reveal platform | CTV News [Video]

Day 15 of the New Brunswick election campaign saw the release of the first full platform of three main parties.

The Liberal platform, titled “Focused On You,” details $300 million in new spending annually – or $1.2-billion over a four-year mandate. Liberal leader Susan Holt is also promising balanced budgets if elected.

“Too often, government is spending money without meaningful outcomes and measures,” said Holt at an announcement in Fredericton on Thursday. “We have been committed to putting measures in place with every announcement that we have given, both so that we know how to track whether our solutions and investments are getting the results we want. And you have a tool to hold us accountable to achieving that measure and that outcome. We will continue to do that.”

The Liberal platform didn’t include any mention of a different approach to the federal carbon tax, something Holt has previously promised to address directly with Ottawa.

“There’s an opportunity to put forward …