Category: Saint John

The blame game continues.

The provincial government has been suggesting big increases in tax bills for many homeowners are partly the fault of municipalities because they set the tax rate.

The municipalities are pointing right back at the government saying they won’t be blamed for double digit assessment increases and mistakes made on 2,400 of those assessments. Raymond Murphy, head of the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick, told Brunswick News it’s Service New Brunswick that screwed up…and they need to admit it and move on.

The Gallant Government is planning to cut the amount of money an individual can contribute to a political party.

A Liberal source says they will announce this week that the limit will be lowered to $3,000 from the current $6,000. The change is one of 24 recommendations made by the Commission on Electoral Reform in a report earlier this month.

The government is still considering another recommendation on political contributions from corporations and trade unions and whether they should be eliminated.