Legislation will be introduced to create an independent agency to handle property assessments. Premier Brian Gallant also says an independent review will look into how Service New Brunswick calculated them for this and recent years. The amount of appeals has hit over 9500, with a couple of thousand assessments learned to have been rushed through the system. An arbitrary formula was used this year and in 2011.
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Cardy named NB PC Party chief of staff
Dominic Cardy has been named chief of staff for the provincial Tories. He joined the party this year after previously leading the NDP, and replaces Greg Lutes. The Telegraph-Journal also reports Jean-Paul Soucy is leaving his job as the Tories’ executive director as of the 28th.