In majority ruling, top court rules feds’ carbon-pricing scheme constitutional

Chief Justice Wagner says the federal government’s legislation sets a national GHG pricing floor that takes effect only when provinces have failed to provide their own equivalent, noting that they are 'free to design' their own system as long as it meets those standards, and as such, only 'partially limit[s]' their regulatory authority.

Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson oversees the feds' climate file. Last December, he announced the government would significantly increase the feds' carbon price by $15 per tonne each year over the next eight years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

March 25, 2021

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in a 6-3 majority decision that the feds’ national carbon price is on solid constitutional footing, settling the legal debate that has consumed discussions on climate policy. Chief Justi...

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