Supreme Court postpones hearing on federal carbon tax
The Supreme Court of Canada has postponed until at least June hearing a constitutional challenge of the federal government's carbon tax.
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Canadians 'doubtful' their country will hit emissions targets, feds told
The federal government was told just before the fall election campaign that many Canadians didn't believe the country will meet targets for reducing its greenhouse-gas emissions.
Wilkinson says carbon price hikes at least two years away
The federal Liberals will not make a decision about hiking the carbon price beyond $50 a tonne for at least another two years, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says.
Canada's emissions rank high in the G20
Some quick facts about Climate Transparency's 2019 report card on Canada's climate plan as part of its annual report card on G20 climate action.
Anti-carbon tax gas stickers will stay in Ontario
Anti-carbon tax stickers will stay up on gas pumps as "a matter of transparency" while Ontario continues its court fight against the federal levy, the province's energy minister said on Monday, October 28, 2019.
Lawsuit: Exxon accused of lowballing oil sands climate risk
Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a court battle in New York this week that legal experts say could affect future climate lawsuits in Canada.
The risks and rewards facing climate-first voters
The choice is not between the Liberal government’s pipeline project and no pipeline projects at all. It’s between the Liberal approach and a question mark.
Is carbon pricing constitutional?
The constitutional challenge by several provinces of federal carbon pricing failed. And though they bray at redoubled volume about an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, odds are low that they will succeed there either.
'Are provinces sovereign?:' Saskatchewan meets Ottawa in carbon tax challenge
Lawyers for Saskatchewan and its allies warn that Ottawa's justification for imposing a carbon price on consumers will erode provincial sovereignty under the Constitution.
Saskatchewan does not deny climate change: government lawyer at court challenge
A lawyer for Saskatchewan's attorney general says the provincial government does not dispute climate change.
Ontario joins Saskatchewan court challenge of federal carbon price plan
Ontario Premier Doug Ford joined forces Thursday with Saskatchewan in a court case against Ottawa's carbon pricing policy.
Carbon price proceeds to go directly to Ontario residents: Trudeau
Ontario residents, and not the newly elected Progressive Conservative government, will receive the proceeds of a carbon price imposed on the province by the federal government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, July 5, 2018.
Tories threatened all-nighter over true cost to Canadians of Liberal carbon price
The Conservatives threatened to force the House of Commons to sit all night Thursday, June 14, 2018, if the government did not agree to produce an analysis of how much its carbon price is going to cost Canadian families.
Carbon court: Saskatchewan seeks Court of Appeal ruling on federal carbon tax
The Saskatchewan government is asking the province's Appeal Court to rule on whether Ottawa can impose a carbon tax but the federal government says it is confident it will prevail.