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Ontario leader broke law in cancelling carbon market, court finds

Published 18:34 on October 11, 2019  /  Last updated at 23:07 on October 11, 2019  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, US

Ontario Premier Doug Ford violated environmental law when he abruptly cancelled the Canadian jurisdiction’s WCI-linked ETS last summer, a provincial court said in a split ruling on Friday that will not have a material impact on the province’s current climate policy.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford violated environmental law when he abruptly cancelled the Canadian jurisdiction’s WCI-linked ETS last summer, a provincial court said in a split ruling on Friday that will not have a material impact on the province’s current climate policy.


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