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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Court Talks Assessments


(Mayor Ivan Court)
(File Photo)

The Cities of New Brunswick are demanding a meeting with the Premier and Opposition Leader David Alward to talk about assessments.

Mayor Ivan Court maintains the way the province funds municipalities around the province is inadequate with Saint John getting shortchanged.

Court points out the unconditional grant from the province has gone down from 108 million dollars in 1990 to 68 million dollars today.

Court says at the same time, the provincial government generated more than 300 or 400 million dollars in new revenue through increased assessments.