The former Conservative minister, and current leader of the opposition in Alberta, was in town to air his grievances about the Trudeau government’s carbon tax in front of the Finance committee. Yet when it comes to a carbon tax, he claims section 92 of the Constitution says revenues raised for provincial purposes are the exclusive preserve of provincial legislatures. If that’s so clear cut, why did Manitoba, no fan of Trudeau’s tax, accept the legal opinion that the feds were within their constitutional rights to impose a carbon tax? This was prompted by the receipt of analyses of the cost to the average family of a carbon tax, with all the relevant number redacted. But the weight of legal precedent – and the need for the Conservatives to offer an alternative to the federal carbon tax – remains in their favour.

Source: National Post May 07, 2018 23:15 UTC