The New Brunswick government is pushing back on accusations that it discriminates against out-of-province contractors, arguing that an Ontario company is trying to inflate a routine contract dispute into a major internal-trade issue.
Lawyers say Ontario-based Julmac wants to divert attention from bridge contract dispute
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Jul 14, 2026 4:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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A hearing on a dispute between the New Brunswick government and Ontario company Julmac Contracting Ltd. continued Tuesday at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
The New Brunswick government is pushing back on accusations that it discriminates against out-of-province contractors, arguing that an Ontario company is trying to inflate a routine contract dispute into a major internal-trade issue.
A lawyer for the province told a panel hearing the company’s complaint that comparisons between government actions and Donald Trump’s protectionist tariffs were “just colour” without any concrete evidence backing it up.
“This case is simple,” lawyer Mark Heighton told the hearing.
“It’s a contractual dispute between the province of New Brunswick and Julmac, and the fallout from the contract dispute.”
He made the comments during his opening arguments on the second day of the hearing convened under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement.
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