New Brunswick’s Opposition Liberals want the government to remove the provincial gas tax for the next four months.
The Liberals plan to table a motion in the legislature Thursday urging the government to eliminate the tax as of midnight Friday.
That tax adds up to nearly 11 cents per litre at the fuel pumps.
“The Premier continues to stall, to deflect and to abdicate his responsibility to ensure that New Brunswickers who are in desperate need of assistance in the face of sky-high gas, housing and food costs get the relief they deserve,” interim Liberal leader Roger Melanson said in a statement.
“He has the authority and can take immediate action – enough is enough – he needs to act now.”
The Liberal motion would also call on the government to issue one-time payments of $500 to those earning less than $25,000 per year.
Gasoline prices once again reached a new record high in New Brunswick on Thursday.
The maximum price for regular self-serve climbed by nearly 10 cents overnight to $2.12 per litre.
