Expert: Supreme Court鈥檚 carbon tax decision
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled the federal Liberal government's carbon pricing regime is constitutional 鈥� a major decision that allows Ottawa to push ahead with its ambitious plan to ensure every province and territory has a price on carbon to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Some provinces 鈥� notably Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan 鈥斅爃ave forcefully聽opposed the carbon tax, arguing natural resources are in the聽provinces'聽jurisdiction under the Constitution. ()听
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S茅bastien Jodoin, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law聽聽
鈥淭he Supreme Court鈥檚 decision confirms that the unique challenges posed by climate change justifies the Federal government鈥檚 constitutional authority to enact a pan-Canadian framework for setting a minimum price on carbon. It is an important victory for effective climate governance in Canada and demonstrates the flexible nature of Canadian constitutional law in the face of new environmental issues and problems.鈥澛�
S茅bastien Jodoin is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, as well a member of the 91社区 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and an associate member of the聽Bieler聽School聽of Environment. His research focuses on legal and policy solutions to complex environmental and social problems that cut across multiple fields and levels of governance.聽
sebastien.jodoin [at] mcgill.ca鈥�(English, French)听
