First Nations Welcome Ruling On Carbon Tax Revenues – 91.9 The Bend

A New Brunswick court has sided with the Wolastoqey First Nations in their battle for a share of carbon tax revenues.

A Court of Queen’s Bench justice ruled last week that the province must share carbon tax revenues collected and remitted by on-reserve retailers.

“This is a clear win, and we hope this will now lead us down a new path of fairness when dealing with the Higgs government,” Woodstock First Nation Chief Tim Paul said in a news release.

“As the Court recognized, these agreements, which were the product of detailed negotiations, bring material benefits to First Nations, and also the Crown – sometimes that point is forgotten.”

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