The Alberta government is suing Ottawa for what it calls a “double standard” in its carbon tax exemption for heating oil, saying it favours eastern provinces while excluding Canadians in areas like Alberta and Saskatchewan who rely on other forms of home heating.
The province has filed an application for judicial review of the federal government’s carbon tax exemption on heating oil, Premier Danielle Smith said in an Oct. 29 press conference. The province says the Liberal government has failed to apply national standards “equally across the country.”
