By Lyndsay Armstrong And while the health care system is still struggling – more than 145,114 people are waiting for a family doctor – the affordability crisis has risen to the top of the priority list for voters who want to compete with family care. health for the main issue before the elections of November … Read more
By Keith Doucette An NDP government would ban fixed-term leases, establish rent controls and immediately cut the province’s temporary rent cap in half to 2.5 per cent, said Leader Claudia Chender on the fifth day of the provincial election campaign. “For too many people, the cost of rent pushes them out of the communities they … Read more
The Liberals and Greens have announced plans to make housing more affordable if they are elected to govern on Monday. In Fredericton, Green Party Leader David Coon said his party would reform the property tax system to ensure residents are not hit with significant property tax or rent increases. Coon said property assessments in New … Read more