Americas > Ontario lawyers go head-to-head with Ottawa in second carbon price lawsuit

Ontario lawyers go head-to-head with Ottawa in second carbon price lawsuit

Published 21:25 on April 18, 2019  /  Last updated at 01:45 on April 19, 2019  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes

Ontario lawyers argued this week during a second provincial lawsuit against the Canadian federal government’s ‘backstop’ carbon pricing mechanism that Ottawa does not have the authority to impose its CO2 levy and large emitter programme on provinces.
Ontario lawyers argued this week during a second provincial lawsuit against the Canadian federal government’s ‘backstop’ carbon pricing mechanism that Ottawa does not have the authority to impose its CO2 levy and large emitter programme on provinces.


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