Local Goverment Minister Bruce Fitch is hosting the event.
Saint John Mayor Ivan Court says our city is the workplace for the region with higher tax rates and a small population carrying the weight of 125,000 people.
Court tells CHSJ News he wants the province to straighten out the fiscal imbalance.
He says that may mean the unconditional grant going to the areas that are supplying the infrastructure for people to live wherever they want.
Court adds he'll be pushing that issue and the cities have been doing the same for years now. Tonight's public consultation starts at 6:45 tonight at the Saint John NBCC campus on Grandview Avenue.
