The provincial government would act as intervenor in other court challenges against the carbon tax. He pointed out that the carbon tax became a hot button issue in recent provincial elections and will be a factor again in October. "It was forced on the provinces across the nation ... by the prime minister of Canada," Moe said of the carbon tax. Saskatchewan had introduced its own carbon plan, Prairie Resilience, but did not place a price on carbon. "We believe that our strong plan makes a federal carbon tax redundant and that a consumer-punishing retail carbon tax — whether imposed by the NDP or by Justin Trudeau ­— is the wrong way to go.

Source: CBC News May 03, 2019 18:00 UTC