Today is the final day to fill out a survey on the province’s Green Paper on local governance reform.
The paper outlines a list of scenarios for how local governments could be reformed in New Brunswick. Local Government Minister Daniel Allain has pointed out time and again that a good share of the population, more than 30 per cent, does not have elected representation at the local level, and he would like to remedy that situation.
The green paper recommends establishing new or reconfigured local governance entities, and talks about various options on that front. The paper also proposes strengthening the mandate of regional service commissions to provide additional services, such as tourism, economic development, adaptation to climate change, solid waste collection, and recreation. With regard to financing and taxation, the paper mentions the possibility of lowering of the so-called double tax collected by the province and adding more rate flexibility for different classes of property.
You can read the green paper here, and fill in the survey here.
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