N.B. senator’s bill would require Ottawa to pay for Chignecto Isthmus project

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The bill would require Ottawa to fully finance a project aimed at strengthening the land link from climate change-related threats and raising a CN rail line.

The premiers of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have asked the federal government to fund the entire project, saying Ottawa has the constitutional responsibility for interprovincial trade.

The Nova Scotia government has asked the province’s Court of Appeal to determine who has jurisdiction over the system that protects the vital transportation link, although it could be months before a decision.

 

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