Saskatchewan asks if carbon plan constitutional
Successful court challenge could bolster Manitoba's case for flat tax
OTTAWA — Saskatchewan has asked its highest court to test the constitutionality of Ottawa implementing a carbon tax, weeks after Premier Brian Pallister said he’d consider his own lawsuit.
In a Wednesday letter to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, that province’s justice minister asks the court to decide whether the federal carbon levy will be "unconstitutional, in whole or in part." -- More...
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