Highway reopens at N.S.-N.B. border amid carbon pricing protest [Video]

Traffic is flowing again at the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border after police shut down the highway earlier in the day due to a protest against the carbon price increase.

Samuel Field, media liaison for the group protesting near the provincial border in Aulac, N.B., said Monday morning that demonstrators intend to stay there until federal carbon pricing is done away with.

“We’re here to eliminate the carbon tax that is being placed on our Canadian citizens,” he said.

“It’s not good what’s going on. Our industries are being destroyed, our communities are being destroyed, it’s hurting our families.”

As of April 1, carbon pricing in Canada rose from $65 a tonne to $80 a tonne. At the pumps, this translates to the carbon price on fuel rising from about $0.14 to almost $0.18.

Field, a mechanic from Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley who owns a repair shop and a convenience store, said his customers …