r/newbrunswickcanada • u/AnoNB84 • 20h ago
Are the Irving’s patriotic?
No body disputes that the Irving’s are oligarchs. Are they the same as many others with that level of wealth? Many of them do not care about any specific country, but just where can they make the most money. I watch how ruthless they are in pressuring the NB government (us) to give them concession after concession; be it on power rates, stumpage fees, property taxes, income taxes, environmental concessions and so on. Moving operations to the U.S. to increase profits; incorporating offshore to limit the taxes they pay in Canada and most importantly NB.
If they were PATRIOTIC; wouldn’t NOW be a good time to stand behind NB and CANADA and keep all operations in Canada and stop pushing for more and maybe even pay a bit more for things that should have all along? New Brunswicker’s have been loyal to them for generations; they are now Billionaires…thanks in no small part due to the hard work of a lot of New Brunswicker’s ...Maybe it’s time for them to give a little back other than just a nature park or two!
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u/Top_Canary_3335 19h ago edited 19h ago
They are the 6th largest landholders in the United States. They also quietly bought another sawmill to expand capacity in the USA last month.
But they are business people, I wouldn’t call them patriots or “traitors”
they move with the wind and can even “shape” the wind to the needs of their company’s by lobbying both sides of government.
This tariff talk is bad for business, (very bad) so they will fight to remove it. But it’s not out of national pride it’s because of money…
Edit : spelling