New Brunswick files ‘strange’ arguments in Alberta’s carbon tax challenge | CBC News
In that court filing, New Brunswick complains that it was not able to fully respond to Ottawa’s legal position because it didn’t have enough time.
That prompted law professor Amir Attaran, who is representing an Alberta First Nation in the case, to contact CBC News to say the province’s complaint was unorthodox.
“All of us have had the same amount of time, and nobody, except for New Brunswick, has complained that they weren’t given time enough to think through and answer intelligently what the court needs to hear,” he said.
Attaran also criticized the substance of New Brunswick’s filing in Alberta, including what he called “a curious metaphor” that compares federal and provincial legal jurisdictions to the eating habits and weight classes of professional boxers.