US EditionNew Brunswick, First Nations Sign New Tax-Sharing Agreements
The restored tax-sharing deals, worth nearly $50 million annually, aim to support economic self-sufficiency and improve relations between New Brunswick and nine Mi'kmaq First Nations.
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New Brunswick, First Nations sign new tax-sharing agreements
Premier Susan Holt promised during last fall's election that she would negotiate new tax-sharing agreements with First Nations, after the previous agreements were cancelled by the Blaine Higgs government. After nine months of negotiations, the new deals are in place.
St Catharines Standard
First Nations, province reach historic tax deals
First Nations in New Brunswick and the Holt Liberal government are set to announce deals on sharing sales taxes, what one chief calls a milestone in the otherwise strained relations between the sides.
First Nations, province reach historic tax deals - The Turtle Island News
By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner First Nations in New Brunswick and the Holt Liberal government are set to announce deals on sharing sales taxes, what one chief calls a milestone in the otherwise strained relations between the sides. The deals will restore tax-sharing agreements that were renewed for more than three decades before the previous Higgs Progressive Conservative government called them unfair …
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