Promises to build 30,000 affordable rental homes, make Halifax ferries free and temporarily remove the provincial tax on gasoline were centrepieces of the Nova Scotia NDP election platform released Wednesday.

Party leader Claudia Chender said the party's planned gas tax "holiday" would save drivers 15.5 cents per litre at the pump, but she did not say at what point the tax would be reintroduced.

"We see this as a temporary measure while [gas] prices are high, while inflation is high, while people…