Province, feds submit closing arguments in Ontario carbon tax court battle | CBC News
In closing submissions, a federal lawyer
warned that climate change posed an urgent threat. Ottawa, she said, has
addressed an issue of national concern in a manner that respects
provincial jurisdiction.
warned that climate change posed an urgent threat. Ottawa, she said, has
addressed an issue of national concern in a manner that respects
provincial jurisdiction.
Ontario, however, stood by its view that
the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act — if deemed constitutional —
would undermine co-operative federalism by allowing Ottawa to overstep
the dividing line between federal and provincial spheres of authority.
“It
governs a broad range of activities that are in provincial
jurisdiction,” Ontario lawyer Josh Hunter said Thursday in his closing
comments. “It is not appropriate for a federation.”