carbon tax

Ontario Premier Doug Ford tweeted a selfie of himself with Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney criticizing a tax on pollution, as his government faced accusations from federal Liberals of restricting some public servants from speaking about climate change.

Transparent would not be the word to describe the Trudeau government's decision to water down its carbon tax. The changes were posted on a ministry website as a “technical backgrounder.” Oh, come on, the fate of the earth deserves better.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government says it is going to ask the courts to stop the Trudeau government's efforts to fight climate change.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford joined forces Thursday with Saskatchewan in a court case against Ottawa's carbon pricing policy.

Ontario will get a carbon tax and its revenue will be returned to people’s pockets, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed on Thursday.

A disappointed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning an intervention in Ontario after Doug Ford announced he was abandoning his province's commitment to a national climate change plan.

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.

A spokesman for Doug Ford says Ontario's incoming premier is determined to deliver on his campaign promise to scrap the "disastrous" cap-and-trade system and fight a federal carbon tax.

Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford’s campaign trail promise to withdraw Ontario from the cap and trade market it shares with Quebec and California would likely cost the province between $2 billion and $4 billion, a leading environmental lawyer warns.

If Ontario PC leader Doug Ford wins the election and sues the federal government to prevent carbon pricing, he would likely lose, say constitutional and environmental law experts.

Alberta’s electricity sector is undergoing a substantial transformation. There’s no stopping it; the sector is changing worldwide. The change is driven by cheap renewable energy, aging infrastructure, declining coal value and the need to better manage the health impacts of air pollution.

The motion was defeated 85 to 207 after a fiery debate in which all sides raised concerns over costs — of acting, or of not acting in the face of climate change.

The leader of the Alberta opposition United Conservative Party has vowed to repeal the province’s carbon pricing regime if elected to power in the 2019 election — a move backed by his party at a convention over the weekend.

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.

Scrapping Ontario's cap-and-trade system would make no sense, the governor of California said on Monday, April 16, 2018, as he weighed in on a key Ontario election issue.