Appeal Court to rule on Saskatchewan’s court challenge of federal carbon tax

Source: Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press, May 3, 2019 

REGINA – Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal is to make the first ruling in Canada on whether a federally imposed carbon tax is constitutional.

The Saskatchewan Party government filed a legal challenge of Ottawa’s levy that came into effect April 1 in provinces without a carbon price of their own.

Over a two-day hearing in February, Saskatchewan argued that the question isn’t one of climate change, but rather the division of power.

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