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<\/p>\nMore than 100 fees for inspections and licensing in New Brunswick will jump up on Saturday, spelling higher costs for residents and businesses.<\/p>\n
Increases apply to vehicle registrations, plumbing, electrical and elevator inspections, liquor licensing, and justice system fees.<\/p>\n
The province expects the increases to generate an additional $45 million a year in revenue.<\/p>\n
Increases related to motor vehicles alone will bring in more than $13 million more. Among them are fees for passenger vehicle registrations, which will go up by $5 to $15, depending on the vehicle’s weight.<\/p>\n
WATCH | Your next registration or inspection in New Brunswick could cost more:<\/p>\n
Fees for provincial licensing, inspections in N.B. are taking a jump<\/p>\n
The province is increasing its licensing and inspection fees for more than 100 services, including electrical, plumbing and motor vehicles.<\/p>\n
Higher fees for boiler pressure vessel inspections, including gas, will add $2 millio to provincial revenues. <\/p>\n
Some increases, including fees for electrical, plumbing and elevator inspections, are jumping from $100 to $300.<\/p>\n
Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Gionet, the Atlantic director of legislative affairs for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, said some businesses will be affected by several of the increases.<\/p>\n
\u201cFamily restaurants, you know, you have health inspections, you have vessel inspections, you might have electrical inspection, you might have liquor licences,” Gionet said. “All these things would be rising up.”<\/p>\n
They all make doing business more expensive, and the impact could mean higher prices to customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gionet said large businesses may absorb the costs, but small businesses cannot, especially in a time of uncertainty and concerns about tariffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, it just adds to the pile of costs that, you know, [small businesses] are dealing with. And \u2026 small businesses right now are facing a storm on many fronts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gionet said there is no way around these fees and licences if businesses want to be certified and have insurance.<\/p>\n
Janick Cormier, the Atlantic vice-president for Restaurants Canada, said restaurants are already facing rising costs.<\/p>\n
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Janick Cormier, the Atlantic vice-president of Restaurants Canada, said restaurants will be affected by multiple public safety fees, especially if they have a bar. (Shane Fowler\/CBC)<\/p>\n
Jadesola Emmanuel, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice and Public Safety, said current fees haven\u2019t \u201ckept pace with rising costs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emmanuel said some of these fees haven\u2019t increased in about 20 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether it’s food costs, labour costs, utilities, rent, everything’s increasing at, quite frankly, an alarming rate,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cFor the government to increase all of these fees is a little bit tone deaf.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said restaurants face a number of fees, including some that have two liquor licences if they have a bar separate from a dining room.<\/p>\n
Full \u2018gamut\u2019 of fees going up<\/p>\n
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Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Gionet, the Atlantic director of legislative affairs for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, said the province’s list of increasing public safety fees is quite extensive. (Submitted by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Gionet)<\/p>\n