Western Canada: Court rulings on the carbon tax set stage for federal election GlobeBC
Provincial premiers – notably Alberta’s newly elected Jason Kenney – have turned a dizzying array of lawsuits and threats of lawsuits into cannon fodder in advance of the next general election.
While the ruling was a temporary political win for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the court’s opinion will likely be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada. But the carbon tax is just one court challenge that Mr. Kenney plans. On Thursday, Mr. Kenney threatened to sue the federal government to block itsMr. Kenney maintains Ottawa has no business regulating provincially owned resources. He also took issue with another bill that would ban oil tankers from B.C.’s northern coast and said both bills are stoking the flames of Albertans’ alienation.
of refined fuels to British Columbia in retaliation for that province’s opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.challenging the law and plan to be in court next week seeking an injunction to prevent Alberta from using it until the courts have ruled on its validity. Mr. Kenney has said the government doesn’t plan to turn off the taps immediately. And if it ever comes to that, Mr. Kenney alsoB.C.
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