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ANDY WALKER: New Brunswick tolls will have an impact

For any government looking to gain some extra cash, taxing out-of-province residents looks like a perfect solution.

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Those impacted may well complain but the fact of the matter is they can’t vote so there is no political cost. P.E.I. was an early adapter to this cash cow, instituting double property taxes for those whose primary residence was somewhere else in the world. We actually achieve the goal through a residential tax credit but that is just semantics. The idea survived a round of court challenges and out-of-province landowners essentially have two choices — pay up or sell.

The latest manifestation of this philosophy has been road tolls. Nova Scotia established a toll to help pay for a new highway in the Cobequid Pass. When the highway opened in 1997, the toll (it currently sits at $4) was charged to all users. However, that........

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