2023 New Brunswick local governance reform

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An Act Respecting Local Governance Reform
Loi concernant la réforme de la gouvernance locale
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Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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Enacted by1st Session, 60th Legislature
Assented toDecember 17, 2021
Legislative history
Bill titleBill 82
Related legislation
Local Governments Establishment Regulation
Status: Current legislation

Local governance reform in the Canadian province of New Brunswick was implemented on January 1, 2023. This resulted in a significant reorganization of the local government entities in the province, including a reduction in the number of entities from 340 to 89, consisting of 77 local governments and 12 rural districts nested within 12 regional service commissions. The local governance reform review was commenced by the Government of New Brunswick in January 2021 and was promoted as the most consequential restructuring of the local governance system since Premier Robichaud's Equal Opportunity Program. [1]

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Background

Distribution of New Brunswick's local governments by municipal status type before reform New Brunswick municipalities.png
Distribution of New Brunswick's local governments by municipal status type before reform

Immediately prior to the 2023 reform, New Brunswick's local governance system consisted of 12 regional service commissions and 340 local entities including 104 local governments (i.e., municipalities) and 236 local service districts. [2] Following the appointment of Daniel Allain as Minister of Local Government and Local Governance Reform, [3] the Government of New Brunswick commenced the reform of the system on January 19, 2021; [2] its first significant local governance reform in 60 years. [4] The intent of the reform was to modernize the local governance system due to a lack of elected local government representation for more than 30 per cent of the province's population, redundancies in the delivery of services and infrastructure, and to address challenges for communities in the delivery of services. [2] The reform was announced to be multiphase in nature and featured stakeholder engagement. [2]

Public engagement commenced in April 2021 with the release of a local governance reform green paper. [5] The paper outlines four topics to guide engagement including the current local governance structure, regional collaboration, land use planning, and finance. [5] An advisory committee was established to steer the reform process with working groups created for each of the four engagement topics. [5] Public engagement sessions were scheduled for mid-May 2021 with a deadline of May 31 for the public to submit its input. [6] An engagement report was published in September 2021, summarizing feedback received from stakeholders and the public. [7] A round of meetings to discuss the engagement summary report ensued. [7]

Distribution of New Brunswick's new local governance entities by municipal status type after reform Local Governance Entities of New Brunswick by Municipal Status (2023).svg
Distribution of New Brunswick's new local governance entities by municipal status type after reform

The Government of New Brunswick announced its initial plan to reform the province's local governance system in a white paper published in November 2021. [8] A reduction in the current system of 340 entities to 90 entities – 78 local governments and 12 rural districts – was proposed. [8] For the 12 rural districts, a structure was proposed featuring advisory committees with members elected in November 2022. [8] It was announced that the restructuring transition process would be financed by the provincial government. [8]

Revisions to the initial plan were announced in December 2021 based on feedback arising from review of the initial plan. [4] Revisions included the geographic reconfiguration of numerous proposed entities that resulted in a net reduction of the proposed local governments from 78 to 77. [9] One proposed local government was merged into another, one proposed local government was deleted with its geography distributed into two others, and one proposed local government was split into two. [9] While most revisions were well-received, the movement of the Chiasson-Savoy local service district from Shippagan to Île-de-Lamèque in a court case that was not resolved until October 2022. [10]

The proposed names of the 77 local governments and 12 rural districts were announced on May 25, 2022; [11] The names were officially set on August 30, 2022, and took effect on January 1, 2023; the boundary descriptions used in previous consolidated regulations have been replaced entirely by maps. [12]

Unlike changes to boundaries, the financial component of the local governance reform was implemented piecemeal. Phase one of the white paper's financial reform plan included property taxation adjustments and changes to the community funding and equalization grant. [13] Among the most notable changes for local governments was the ability to increase the tax rate on non-residential properties up to 1.7 times the local rate. [14] Plans for phase two are still underway, [13] though the provincial government has already committed to reduced its own tax rate on nonresidential properties over three years. [14] In addition to changes proposed in the white paper, new possibilities like decoupling apartments from the rest of the non-owner occupied residential tax class are also being considered. [15]

Changes to the community funding and equalization grant occurred in the fall. In May 2022, an independent expert panel was also commissioned to study the community funding and equalization grant system in New Brunswick and make recommendations on how to improve it to the government. [16] The resulting report on Provincial Municipal Fiscal Arrangements in New Brunswick was released on September 28, 2022. [17] Ultimately, the government chose to implement some components of the expert panel's report but did not implement their new equalization formula. [14] [18] On October 4, 2022, Minister Allain introduced amendments in the legislature outlining the government's new funding mechanism. The changes imposed a fixed annual rate for community funding of just under $76 million until 2028, redirected core funding to support the priorities of the regional service commissions, and introduced an updated equalization formula. Under the new formula, payments will be adjusted for annual tax base growth compared to the provincial tax base growth to a maximum of three per cent. Any reduced need for equalization funding will be redirected, along with the core funding revenue, to help support the expanded mandates of regional service commissions.


List of local governments

The local governance reform resulted in 77 local governments. [19] The initial white paper proposals were revised after a period of consultation and some changes made. [20] The regulation that made the names and boundaries official was filed on August 30, 2022, with the various changes taking effect on January 1, 2023. [12]

NameEntity No.Status Regional service commission Previous local governments/local service districts
Haut-Madawaska 1TownNorthwestRural Community of Haut-Madawaska
Village of Lac Baker
Edmundston 2CityNorthwestCity of Edmundston
Village of Rivière-Verte 
LSD of Saint-Jacques (part)
LSD of Saint-Joseph (part)
Vallée-des-Rivières 3TownNorthwestTown of Saint-Léonard 
Village of Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska
LSD of Sainte-Anne  (part)
LSD of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes  (part)
LSD of Saint-Léonard  (part)
LSD of Rivière-Verte (part)
Grand Falls
(French: Grand-Sault)		4TownNorthwestTown of Grand Falls
Village of Drummond
Rural Community of Saint-André
LSD of Drummond (part)
LSD of Grand Falls
Saint-Quentin 5TownNorthwestTown of Saint-Quentin
LSD of Saint-Quentin (part)
LSD of St. Martin de Restigouche
Kedgwick 6Rural communityNorthwestRural Community of Kedgwick
LSD of Eldon (part)
LSD of St. Jean Baptiste – Menneval
LSD of White's Brook
LSD of Saint-Quentin (part)
Campbellton 7CityRestigoucheCity of Campbellton
Village of Atholville
Village of Tide Head
LSD of Glencoe
LSD of Dalhousie (part)
LSD of McLeods (part)
LSD of Balmoral (part) [a]
LSD of Addington (part)
Bois-Joli 8VillageRestigoucheVillage of Eel River Crossing
Village of Balmoral
LSD of Balmoral (part) [a]
LSD of Blair Athol
LSD of Balmoral-St. Maure
LSD of Dalhousie (part)
LSD of McLeods (part)
Heron Bay
(French: Baie-des-Hérons)		9TownRestigoucheTown of Dalhousie
Village of Charlo
LSD of Point La Nim
LSD of Dalhousie Junction
LSD of Dalhousie (part)
LSD of Chaleur (part)
LSD of Balmoral (part) [a]
Belledune 10VillageChaleurVillage of Belledune
Belle-Baie 11TownChaleurTown of Beresford
Village of Nigadoo
Village of Petit-Rocher
Village of Pointe-Verte
LSD of Madran
LSD of Petit-Rocher-Nord (Devereaux)
LSD of Petit-Rocher-Sud
LSD of Tremblay
LSD of Dunlop
LSD of Robertville
LSD of Laplante
LSD of Beresford (part)
LSD of North Tetagouche (part)
LSD of Bathurst (part)
Bathurst 12CityChaleurCity of Bathurst
LSD of North Tetagouche (part)
LSD of Big River (part)
LSD of Bathurst (part)
Rivière-du-Nord 13TownAcadian PeninsulaVillage of Bertrand
Village of Maisonnette
Village of Grande-Anse
Village of Saint-Léolin
LSD of Poirier
LSD of Dugas
LSD of Anse Bleue
LSD of New Bandon (part)
Caraquet 14TownAcadian PeninsulaTown of Caraquet
Village of Bas-Caraquet
LSD of Pokesudie
LSD of St. Simon
LSD of Blanchard Settlement
LSD of Evangéline (part)
LSD of Pokemouche
LSD of Caraquet (part)
LSD of Landry Office (part)
Île-de-Lamèque 15TownAcadian PeninsulaTown of Lamèque
Village of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël
LSD of Pointe-Canot
LSD of Ste. Cecile
LSD of Pointe-Alexandre
LSD of Petite-Lamèque
LSD of Haut-Lamèque
LSD of Coteau Road
LSD of Pigeon Hill
LSD of Cap-Bateau
LSD of Shippegan (part) [b]
LSD of Chiasson-Savoy
Shippagan 16TownAcadian PeninsulaTown of Shippagan
Village of Le Goulet
LSD of Haut-Shippagan
LSD of Shippegan (part) [b]
LSD of Baie du Petit Pokemouche
LSD of Pointe-Sauvage (Indian Point)
LSD of Inkerman Centre
LSD of Evangéline (part)
LSD of Caraquet (part)
Hautes-Terres 17TownAcadian PeninsulaVillage of Saint-Isidore
Village of Paquetville
LSD of Paquetville
LSD of Saint-Isidore
LSD of Saint-Sauveur
LSD of the Paroisse Notre-Dame-des-Érables
LSD of Caraquet (part)
LSD of Maltempec
Tracadie 18Regional municipalityAcadian PeninsulaRegional Municipality of Tracadie
Neguac 19VillageAcadian PeninsulaVillage of Neguac
Alnwick 20Rural communityGreater MiramichiLSD of Alnwick
LSD of Tabusintac
LSD of Fair Isle
LSD of Oak Point - Bartibog Bridge
Miramichi 21CityGreater MiramichiCity of Miramichi
LSD of Nelson (part)
LSD of Newcastle (part)
Miramichi River Valley 22Rural communityGreater MiramichiVillage of Blackville
LSD of Blackville (part)
LSD of Renous-Quarryville
LSD of North Esk (part)
LSD of South Esk (part)
LSD of Derby
LSD of Sunny Corner
LSD of Nelson (part)
LSD of Newcastle (part)
Doaktown 23VillageGreater MiramichiVillage of Doaktown
LSD of Blissfield (part)
Upper Miramichi 24Rural communityGreater MiramichiRural Community of Upper Miramichi
Nouvelle-Arcadie 25VillageKentVillage of Rogersville
LSD of Collette
LSD of Acadieville
LSD of Rogersville
LSD of Harcourt (part)
LSD of Weldford (part)
LSD of Saint-Louis (part)
LSD of Nelson (part)
Beaurivage 26TownKentTown of Richibucto
Village of Saint-Louis de Kent
LSD of Saint-Louis (part)
LSD of Saint-Ignace
LSD of Aldouane
LSD of Saint-Charles
Five Rivers 28VillageKentVillage of Rexton
LSD of Richibucto (part)
LSD of Weldford (part)
LSD of Harcourt (part)
LSD of Saint-Paul (part)
LSD of Cap-de-Richibouctou (part)
Grand-Bouctouche 29TownKentTown of Bouctouche
LSD of Wellington (part)
LSD of Sainte-Anne-de-Kent
LSD of Saint Mary [c]
LSD of Richibucto (part)
Champdoré 30TownKentVillage of Saint-Antoine
LSD of Grand Saint-Antoine
LSD of Wellington (part)
LSD of Saint-Paul (part)
LSD of Saint Mary (part) [c]
LSD of Dundas (part)
LSD of Harcourt (part)
Beausoleil 31Rural communityKentRural Community of Cocagne
LSD of Dundas (part)
LSD of Grande-Digue
LSD of Shediac Bridge-Shediac River
LSD of Wellington (part)
LSD of Moncton (part)
LSD of Shediac (part)
Maple Hills 32Rural communitySoutheastLSD of Dundas (part)
LSD of Saint-Paul (part)
LSD of Moncton (part)
LSD of Shediac (part)
Salisbury 33TownSoutheastVillage of Salisbury
LSD of Coverdale (part)
LSD of Salisbury (part)
LSD of Moncton (part)
LSD of Elgin (part) [d]
Moncton 34CitySoutheastCity of Moncton
LSD of Moncton (part)
Riverview 35TownSoutheastTown of Riverview
Dieppe 36CitySoutheastCity of Dieppe
LSD of Moncton (part)
LSD of Scoudouc (part)
Shediac 37TownSoutheastTown of Shediac
LSD of Shediac Cape
LSD of Scoudouc Road
LSD of Pointe-du-Chêne
LSD of Scoudouc (part)
Cap-Acadie 38TownSoutheastVillage of Cap-Pelé
Rural Community of Beaubassin East
Strait Shores 39Rural communitySoutheastVillage of Port Elgin
LSD of Baie-Verte
LSD of Bayfield
LSD of Botsford
LSD of Cape Tormentine
LSD of Westmorland (part)
LSD of Murray Corner
Tantramar 40TownSoutheastTown of Sackville
Village of Dorchester
LSD of Dorchester (part)
LSD of Sackville (part)
LSD of Pointe de Bute (part)
Memramcook 41VillageSoutheastVillage of Memramcook
Fundy Albert 42VillageSoutheastVillage of Alma
Village of Hillsborough
Village of Riverside-Albert
LSD of Hillsborough (part)
LSD of Harvey (part)
LSD of Hopewell (part)
LSD of Alma (part)
LSD of Coverdale (part)
Three Rivers 43VillageSoutheastVillage of Petitcodiac
LSD of Elgin [e]
LSD of Elgin Parish (part) [d]
LSD of Salisbury (part)
LSD of Cardwell (part)
Butternut Valley 79Rural communityKingsLSD of Brunswick (part)
LSD of Studholm
LSD of Johnston (part)
LSD of Havelock
Sussex 44TownKingsTown of Sussex
Village of Sussex Corner
LSD of Sussex (part)
Valley Waters 45VillageKingsVillage of Norton
LSD of Springfield
LSD of Norton (part)
LSD of Upham (part)
LSD of Kars
LSD of Wickham
Fundy-St. Martins 46VillageFundyVillage of St. Martins
LSD of Saint Martins (part)
LSD of Simonds (part)
LSD of Fairfield
Hampton 47TownFundyTown of Hampton
LSD of Hampton
LSD of Upham (part)
LSD of Norton (part)
LSD of Kingston (part)
Quispamsis 48TownFundyTown of Quispamsis
Rothesay 49TownFundyTown of Rothesay
Saint John 50CityFundyCity of Saint John
Grand Bay-Westfield 51TownFundyTown of Grand Bay-Westfield
LSD of Westfield (part)
Fundy Shores 52Rural communitySouthwestLSD of Musquash
LSD of Lepreau (part)
Eastern Charlotte 53Rural communitySouthwestTown of St. George
Village of Blacks Harbour
LSD of Pennfield (part)
LSD of Beaver Harbour
LSD of Fundy Bay
LSD of St. George (part)
LSD of Saint Patrick (part)
Grand Manan 54VillageSouthwestVillage of Grand Manan
Campobello Island 55Rural communitySouthwestRural Community of Campobello Island
Saint Andrews 56TownSouthwestTown of Saint Andrews
LSD of Bayside
LSD of Chamcook
St. Stephen 57TownSouthwestTown of St. Stephen
LSD of Western Charlotte (part)
LSD of St. Stephen
LSD of Dufferin
LSD of Saint David (part)
LSD of Saint James (part)
LSD of Saint Croix (part)
LSD of Dennis-Weston
McAdam 58VillageSouthwestVillage of McAdam
Harvey 59Rural communityCapital RegionVillage of Harvey
LSD of Manners Sutton (part)
LSD of Dumfries (part)
LSD of Prince William (part)
LSD of Kingsclear (part)
LSD of New Maryland (part)
Fredericton Junction 60VillageCapital RegionVillage of Fredericton Junction
Tracy 61VillageCapital RegionVillage of Tracy
Hanwell 62Rural communityCapital RegionRural Community of Hanwell
LSD of Kingsclear (part)
Sunbury-York South 63Rural communityCapital RegionLSD of Rusagonis-Waasis (part)
LSD of New Maryland (part)
LSD of Gladstone (part)
New Maryland 64VillageCapital RegionVillage of New Maryland
Oromocto 65TownCapital RegionTown of Oromocto
LSD of Lincoln (part)
Arcadia 66VillageCapital RegionVillage of Cambridge-Narrows
Village of Gagetown
LSD of Cambridge
LSD of Upper Gagetown
LSD of Waterborough (part)
LSD of Hampstead
LSD of Canning (part)
Grand Lake 67VillageCapital RegionVillage of Minto
Village of Chipman
LSD of Chipman
LSD of Northfield (part)
LSD of Canning (part)
LSD of Sheffield (part)
LSD of Harcourt (part)
Nashwaak 68Rural communityCapital RegionVillage of Stanley
LSD of Stanley (part)
LSD of Saint Marys (part)
LSD of Estey's Bridge (part)
LSD of Douglas (part)
Fredericton 69CityCapital RegionCity of Fredericton
LSD of Saint Marys (part)
LSD of Estey's Bridge (part)
LSD of Douglas (part)
LSD of Rusagonis-Waasis (part)
LSD of Lincoln (part)
Central York 70Rural communityCapital RegionLSD of Keswick Ridge
LSD of Bright (part)
LSD of Queensbury (part)
LSD of Douglas (part)
LSD of Estey's Bridge (part)
LSD of Kingsclear (part)
Nackawic-Millville 71Rural communityCapital RegionTown of Nackawic
Village of Millville
LSD of Southampton (part)
LSD of Queensbury (part)
LSD of Dumfries (part)
LSD of Bright (part)
Lakeland Ridges 72VillageWestern ValleyVillage of Canterbury
Village of Meductic
LSD of Benton
LSD of Canterbury
LSD of Debec (part)
LSD of North Lake
LSD of Woodstock (part)
Woodstock 73TownWestern ValleyTown of Woodstock
LSD of Richmond
LSD of Wakefield (Wakefield Inside portion)
LSD of Woodstock (part)
LSD of Upper and Lower Northampton
LSD of Northampton
LSD of Debec (part)
Hartland 74TownWestern ValleyTown of Hartland
LSD of Somerville
LSD of Simonds (part)
LSD of Wakefield (Wakefield Outside portion)
LSD of Brighton
LSD of Coldstream
LSD of Bright (part)
LSD of Peel (part)
Carleton North 76TownWestern ValleyTown of Florenceville-Bristol
Village of Bath
Village of Centreville
LSD of Glassville
LSD of Upper Kent
LSD of Wicklow
LSD of Peel (part)
LSD of Wilmot
LSD of Lakeville
LSD of Aberdeen
LSD of Kent (part)
LSD of Simonds (part)
Southern Victoria 77VillageWestern ValleyVillage of Aroostook
Village of Perth-Andover
LSD of Andover (part)
LSD of Perth (part)
Tobique Valley 78VillageWestern ValleyVillage of Plaster Rock
LSD of Gordon (part)
LSD of Riley Brook
LSD of Lorne (part)

List of regional service commissions

The local governance reform will continue the existence of New Brunswick's 12 regional service commissions. [21] Each regional service commission will have one rural district. [9] Two RSCs were renamed in 2023. [22]

List of rural districts

The local governance reform will result in 12 rural districts. [19] The proposed names of the rural districts were announced on May 25, 2022 [11] and became official on July 21, 2022 when the Rural Districts Establishment Regulation was filed. [23]

NameRD No. Regional service commission Local service district
Northwest1NorthwestDrummond (part)
Madawaska
Saint-Basile
Saint-Jacques (part)
Saint-Joseph (part)
Saint-Quentin (part)
Rivière-Verte (part)
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (part)
Sainte-Anne (part)
Saint-Léonard (part)
Restigouche2RestigoucheAddington (part)
Chaleur (part)
Eldon (part)
Flatlands
Lorne
Mann Mountain
Balmoral (part) [a]
Chaleur3ChaleurAllardville
Bathurst (part)
Beresford (part)
Big River (part)
New Bandon-Salmon Beach
New Bandon (part)
Acadian Peninsula4Acadian PeninsulaMiscou Island
Greater Miramichi5Greater MiramichiBlack River-Hardwicke
Blackville (part)
Chatham
Lower Newcastle-Russellville [f]
Glenelg
Nelson (part)
Newcastle (part)
North Esk (part)
South Esk (part)
St. Margarets
Hardwicke (part)
Blissfield (part)
Kent6KentHarcourt (part)
Carleton
Pointe-Sapin
Cap-de-Richibouctou (part)
Baie Ste. Anne
Hardwicke (part)
Escuminac
Saint-Louis (part)
Southeast7SoutheastDorchester (part)
Coverdale (part)
Westmorland (part)
Alma (part)
Hillsborough (part)
Hopewell (part)
Moncton (part)
Harvey (part)
Sackville (part)
Elgin (part)
Salisbury (part)
Kings88Cardwell (part)
Waterford
Upham (part)
Hammond
Sussex (part)
Johnston (part)
Havelock (part)
Norton (part)
Brunswick (part)
Fundy9FundyPetersville
Greenwich
Westfield (part)
Kingston (part)
Norton (part)
Saint Martins (part)
Simonds (part)
Rothesay
Southwest10SouthwestDumbarton
McAdam
West Isles
White Head Island
Pennfield (part)
Saint George (part)
Saint James (part)
Western Charlotte (part)
Saint David (part)
Saint Croix (part)
Saint Patrick (part)
Lepreau (part)
Capital Region11Capital RegionBurton
Clarendon
Gladstone (part)
Maugerville
Noonan
Stanley (part)
Sheffield (part)
Canning (part)
New Maryland (part)
Blissville
Wirral-Enniskillen
Bright (part)
Prince William (part)
Saint Marys (part)
Chipman (part)
Dumfries (part)
Southampton (part)
Northfield (part)
Manners Sutton (part)
Douglas (part)
Waterborough (part)
Rusagonis-Waasis (part)
Western Valley12Western ValleyGordon (part)
Kent (part)
Lorne (part)
Perth (part)
Denmark
Andover

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Listed in the white paper as Balmoral-Maltais, the name used by the corresponding Taxing Authority
  2. 1 2 Listed in the white paper as Shippagan, the spelling used by the town
  3. 1 2 Listed in the white paper as Sainte-Marie
  4. 1 2 Listed in the white paper as Elgin Parish, the name of the Taxing Authority
  5. ↑ Listed in the white paper as Elgin Centre, the name of the Taxing Authority
  6. ↑ Listed in the white paper as Ferry Road-Russellville, the original name of the LSD, changed in 1995 after Ferry Road was annexed by Miramichi

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Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of New Brunswick on 28 November 2022 to elect local governments in newly formed municipalities following the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform process. The new municipalities came into existence on 1 January 2023.

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  1. ↑ Working together for vibrant and sustainable communities: White Paper (PDF). Fredericton, New Brunswick: Province of New Brunswick. 2021. p. 4. ISBN   978-1-4605-2957-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Local governance reform process begins". Government of New Brunswick: Environment and Local Government. January 1, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Member of the Legislative Assembly : Hon. Daniel Allain - Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick". legnb.ca. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Adjustments made to local governance reforms after input from communities". Government of New Brunswick: Environment and Local Government. December 21, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Green paper on local governance reform released; public input sought". Government of New Brunswick: Environment and Local Government. April 6, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Public engagement sessions planned on local governance reform". Government of New Brunswick: Environment and Local Government. May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Local governance reform engagement summary released". Government of New Brunswick: Environment and Local Government. September 9, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Government releases plan to reform local governance system". Government of New Brunswick: Environment and Local Government. November 18, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 "Adjustments made to local governance reforms after input from communities..." (PDF). Government of New Brunswick. December 21, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  10. ↑ Poitras, Jacques (October 26, 2022). "Acadian Peninsula residents lose legal fight to join Shippagan". CBC News. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history". Government of New Brunswick: Environment and Local Government. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. August 30, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  13. 1 2 Working together for vibrant and sustainable communities: White Paper (PDF). Fredericton, New Brunswick: Province of New Brunswick. 2021. pp. 29–31. ISBN   978-1-4605-2957-7.
  14. 1 2 3 Lutes, Vicky (October 4, 2022). "Five-year funding for local governments and rural districts". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  15. ↑ Chilibeck, John (October 18, 2022). "'Luxury' cottages don't deserve a tax cut: Allain". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  16. ↑ Lutes, Vicky (May 20, 2022). "Expert panel created to study the community funding and equalization grant formula". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  17. ↑ Lutes, Vicky (September 28, 2022). "Report on community funding and equalization grant formula". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  18. ↑ Chilibeck, John (October 5, 2022). "Province freezes municipal funding for five years". The Daily Gleaner. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  19. 1 2 "A Better Future – Together: Local governance reform for a vibrant, sustainable New Brunswick". Government of New Brunswick . Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Maps". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved January 12, 2023. Maps are grouped by regional service commission.
  21. ↑ "Entity Maps by Region: About". Government of New Brunswick . Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  22. ↑ "NEW BRUNSWICK REGULATION 2022-46 under the Regional Service Delivery Act (O.C. 2022-211)". Government of New Brunswick. July 21, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  23. ↑ "New Brunswick Regulation 2022-45 under the Local Governance Act (O.C. 2022-210)". Government of New Brunswick. July 21, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.

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