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Future N.B. Toll by N.S. Boundary Goes Against Internal Trade Efforts, Chamber Says
The province says the fee will raise about $10 million a year for road maintenance as chambers warn it could hurt cross-border commerce.
- New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt announced plans to implement a $4 toll for out-of-province vehicles on the Trans-Canada Highway in Aulac by 2028, ensuring users contribute to infrastructure maintenance and safety.
- Facing a record $1.3 billion budget deficit and over $13 billion in debt, the province adopted highway tolls aligning with existing practices in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
- CEO Rhonda Tulk-Lane of the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce wrote that the toll "discourages investment and erodes the very economic resilience we are working so hard to build," citing $10.4 million in annual revenue as a regional commerce levy.
- Local trucking operator Bill Dawe warned the toll will increase business costs during construction season, while Patrick Richard, executive-director of Downtown Moncton Centre-Ville Inc., noted it could discourage day-trips to Moncton and Shediac.
- While provincial governments aim to eliminate internal trade barriers to boost Canada's GDP amid U.S. trade tensions, New Brunswick selected Aulac as optimal for non-residential traffic and lacks authority to charge tolls near the Quebec border.
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Future N.B. toll by N.S. boundary goes against internal trade efforts, chamber says
FREDERICTON - A Maritimes business advocacy group says the New Brunswick government's planned toll on a boundary with Nova Scotia contradicts internal free trade efforts.
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Business Group Says New Planned Government Toll Goes Against Internal Trade Efforts
A Maritimes business advocacy group says the New Brunswick government’s planned toll on a boundary with Nova Scotia contradicts internal free trade efforts. New Brunswick plans to set up a toll for out-of-province vehicles near its southernmost boundary with Nova Scotia by 2028. Premier Susan Holt’s government says the highway levy included in the 2026 budget aims to increase revenue for the province. The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce says it wil…
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