FOG BLOG N.B. NEWS LOG: PM TRUDEAU CRITICIZES HIGGS TAX CUTS FOR MIDDLE CLASS AND APPT. OF AUSTIN!
Prime minister criticizes Higgs's tax cut, appointment of Austin to languages committee Kris Austin's appointment to committee reviewing Official Languages Act 'doesn't make sense', says Trudeau Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has criticized recent decisions by Premier Blaine Higgs to give a tax break to high-income earners in New Brunswick and to appoint Kris Austin to a committee of MLAs considering possible changes to legislation protecting language rights.
"One of the things unfortunately we continue to see, is conservative politicians who think that the best way to grow the economy is failed trickle-down theories," Trudeau said Tuesday, speaking to reporters in Oromocto.
Trudeau's first comment came in response to a question about Higgs's request the federal government increase the amount of money it gives to New Brunswick to help fund health care — a request made at the same time that the premier is exploring cutting income taxes.
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His second remark followed a question about Higgs's appointment of former People's Alliance leader Kris Austin, now a Progressive Conservative minister, to an internal working group of MLAs tasked with deciding how — or whether — to update the Official Languages Act.
"You don't put someone who's spent his entire career attacking official bilingualism and questioning the need to protect French in New Brunswick or elsewhere, on a panel designed to protect bilingualism in New Brunswick," Trudeau said.
"It doesn't make any sense and it's certainly something I'm going to be bringing up with Premier Higgs when I see him in about an hour."
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