The proposal to direct the money to a Miramichi River project far away from the St. John River, where the pollution occurred, is galling to Fundy baykeeper Matthew Abbott.
Matthew Abbott, the Fundy baykeeper, said the fine arrangement is problematic.
“It just doesn’t pass the sniff test for me,” Abbott said. “The proposal is that Irving would give $1.1 million through the courts to a project that Jim Irving himself chairs, as a deterrent for polluting the St. John River.” #nbpoli