Premier Scott Moe’s government has consistently fought against the carbon tax, arguing the province’s own climate-change plans are sufficient to reduce emissions. Saskatchewan wants to know whether Ottawa’s plan to bring in a carbon price for provinces that don’t have one violates the Constitution. REGINA—The Saskatchewan government is asking the province’s Appeal Court to rule on whether the federal government can impose a carbon tax. At Queen’s Park, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, who leads Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne in public-opinion polls with an election six weeks away, said he backs Saskatchewan’s court challenge to the federal carbon tax. “I have always been very clear; the people of Ontario can’t afford a carbon tax in whatever name or form.

Source: thestar April 25, 2018 18:33 UTC