Ah, but what is an existential issue — existential, as in existence — beside the “principle of federalism”? That three-fifths of the Court of Appeal was unpersuaded by the province’s arguments may therefore be counted as something of a victory for the planet, federalism and the rule of law, not to say common sense. That two of the five could not, on the other hand, see past their co-operatively federalist noses is worrisome. So long as they met the federal minimum price, each could implement its own form of carbon pricing. But a simple benchmark price, that leaves consumers and business free to choose how to respond, and provinces free to pass their own additional measures?

Source: National Post May 04, 2019 00:34 UTC