Ottawa’s Carbon Pricing Law Valid, Ontario’s Top Court Rules

Ottawa’s Carbon Pricing Law Valid, Ontario’s Top Court Rules
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TORONTO—The federal government’s carbon pricing scheme is constitutionally sound, Ontario’s top court ruled in a split decision on Friday.

The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, enacted in April, is within Parliament’s jurisdiction to legislate in relation to matters of “national concern,” Chief Justice George Strathy wrote on behalf of the court.