Americas > Canada can tighten provincial CO2 pricing loopholes following Supreme Court ruling -experts

Canada can tighten provincial CO2 pricing loopholes following Supreme Court ruling -experts

Published 21:47 on March 31, 2021  /  Last updated at 21:47 on March 31, 2021  / /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes

The Canadian federal government can mandate that provinces increase the ambition of their own programmes going forward after the Supreme Court of Canada’s judgement upheld the constitutionality of the federal ‘backstop’ CO2 pricing regime, according to experts. 
The Canadian federal government can mandate that provinces increase the ambition of their own programmes going forward after the Supreme Court of Canada’s judgement upheld the constitutionality of the federal ‘backstop’ CO2 pricing regime, according to experts. 


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