N.B. news: Liberals promise rent cap, tax cuts in throne speech [Video]

FREDERICTON –

A rent cap, tax cuts, and payments to nurses are among the commitments New Brunswick’s Liberal government says it will fulfil in its first 100 days in office.

In a throne speech Tuesday, the new government said it will earn the trust of New Brunswickers by rapidly completing a series of pledges made during the campaign that ended Oct. 21 with Susan Holt and her Liberal team winning a majority.

Within the first 100 days in office, the Liberals say they will implement a rent cap,remove the provincial tax onnew multi-unit housing, and scrap a “clean fuel adjuster” that the premier said adds four cents a litre to the price motorists pay at the pump. The government said it will also distribute retention payments to nurses to show them “the respect and appreciation they deserve.”

However, the Liberals added that rather than removing the provincial tax on electricity bills as …