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Ontario’s Ford government announced on Wednesday something we had been expecting for a while now — they are appealing the constitutionality of the carbon tax to the Supreme Court.
The province launched a court challenge earlier this year, and like Saskathewan before them, Ontario lost at their provincial court of appeal. Both provinces effectively lost on 3-2 split decisions and now it will be up to the Supreme Court.
“We remain committed to using every tool at our disposal to fight against the job-killing carbon tax, which is making life more expensive for Ontario’s hardworking individuals, families and businesses,” Environment Minister Jeff Yurek said in a statement.
Now before the case is heard and decided by the Supreme Court this matter will be put before the ultimate court, the electorate. Voters will cast ballots for a new federal government on Oct. 21 and for many, on both sides of the issue, the carbon tax will be central.
I’ve been upfront for a long time, I oppose the carbon tax and anything like it. The method chosen by Justin Trudeau and the Liberals fails on every count except making life more expensive. And as we heard this past week from none other than Catherine McKenna, Trudeau’s environment minister, the price will likely go up above $50 a tonne if the Liberals win in October.
In an interview with the Globe and Mail, McKenna said the current plan, which runs until 2022, would be renegotiated towards the end of the next mandate and talks could see it go higher.
That’s different than what McKenna said in June.
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