Premier Ford isn’t giving up on his losing battle against carbon
pricing, recently confirming that his government would continue to
challenge the federal carbon pricing plan in court at an estimated cost
of $30 million in public funds.

This caused some head scratching as prior to the federal election, the Premier claimed
that the fate of the federal carbon tax should ultimately be decided at
the ballot box, not in the courts. Since almost 70 per cent of
Ontarians voted for federal candidates supporting a carbon tax, it’s
natural to wonder why Ontario won’t back off on this expensive and
time-consuming piece of political theatre.

It’s also natural to
wonder what else Ontario could be doing with $30 million in public
funds. To answer this question, we did a bit of digging into what the
provincial government could do with an extra $30 million that don’t
involve taking another government to court to block action on climate
change.

Here are a few ideas: