Alberta, Ottawa Head to Province’s Appeal Court Over Carbon Tax Dispute

Alberta, Ottawa Head to Province’s Appeal Court Over Carbon Tax Dispute
United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney greets supporters at an anti-carbon tax rally in Calgary on Oct. 5, 2018. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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EDMONTON—About a year ago, Alberta’s United Conservative Party leader stood in front of 1,500 raucous supporters and called the federal carbon tax an act of “economic masochism” that he would fight with everything in his power if he were elected premier.

Jason Kenney did win the election last spring, and government lawyers are to argue today before Alberta’s Appeal Court that he should win his tax fight, too.