
TORONTO — Ontario has filed a challenge against the carbon tax with the country’s top court, a move that comes days after Premier Doug Ford said his government would decide on the fate of the legal case after the upcoming federal election.
In a notice of appeal submitted to the Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday, the province argues that Ontario’s Court of Appeal was wrong to find the carbon price was constitutional and within the federal government’s right to impose.
The filing comes after Ford said on Friday that he would have to reassess Ontario’s position on the legal challenge if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were re-elected on Oct. 21. The premier said voters would have the ultimate say on the issue.
Environment Minister Jeff Yurek said Wednesday, however, that the Progressive Conservative government was nonetheless moving forward with its appeal.
“In June, we were disappointed to learn that in a split decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal did not accept our position that the federal carbon tax is unconstitutional,” he said in a statement.
“We remain committed to using every tool at our disposal to fight against the job-killing carbon tax … that is why we filed our appeal of the decision on the carbon tax to the Supreme Court of Canada.”
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