April 1, 2021 EnergyNow Media
By David Yager
On March 25, the 21
st century version of the Supreme Court of Canada delivered its much-hyped ruling about the multi-province challenge of the legality of the federal government’s national carbon tax.
In a split decision that went 6/3, the court relied on the Peace, Order and Good Government provision of the Constitution, concluding that Ottawa was within its legal rights to impose such a tax because it was in the public interest.
But as is increasingly the case when today’s Supreme Court interprets the Constitution, the written decision includes language more about political and social policy than the Constitution itself.