The court decision expected Thursday will determine the fate of the central pillar of the Liberal climate change plan.Saskatchewan, Ontario and Alberta all went to court to argue the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act was unconstitutional because Ottawa was stepping into provincial jurisdiction.In 2019, appeals courts in Saskatchewan and Ontario determined the policy was constitutional, while in February 2020 the Alberta Court of Appeal said it was not.
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said late last year he was confident the court ruling would go the government's way. "As you know, we've won two out of three of the cases at the provincial level and we remain confident that we will win in the Supreme Court." Currently the national carbon price on input fuels applies in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. All other provinces have a carbon-pricing system Ottawa deems to be the equivalent or better of the federal version.
Carbon tax is a scam that has nothing to do with climate and everything to do with wealth redistribution.
The carbon tax doesn’t effect the rich. They can afford to fly, buy carbon offsets, heat their cottages and villas, and buy food, clothing. But for the rest of us, the struggle to afford the very essentials of life are real.
Pay a tax in a builing that I rent. Is some of that Tax money going toward my landlord to help make the builing have lower emissions? F*ck no. Feels like a tax grab.
Global News ~ In 2019, appeals courts in Saskatchewan and Ontario determined the policy was constitutional, while in February 2020 the Alberta Court of Appeal said it was not.
Rising emissions from the Alberta and Saskatchewan oilsands will hamper Canada’s efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Ontario has withdrawn from the Québec-California carbon market, eliminated its renewable energy investment programs and implemented a less ambitious 👇
I support the carbon tax. Don't fall for conservative lies. 🌎😎
Carbon tax will only cause inflation to the end user and will do nothing for the environment. Corporations will pay it pass on the cost down the line. They will not do anything to change the way the do things.
Carbon taxes are being implemented in 14 out of the 31 high-income OECD countries: Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Couple of months ago I came across a recommendation about Redmond577 wealth how he helped investors to earn lots of money with their investments. and I decided to give a trial with the little I have. Now my little has turned into something great which was not my expectation
It is not, it is also stupid. JustinTrudeau is a bad dude...
You mean 'Supreme Court to rule next week on whether carbon tax is constitutional.' Right? Time for CTV to get a decent copy editor.