Tag Archives: Carbon Tax

Less than a day after finding out the province's carbon pricing plan was being rejected by the federal government, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe still couldn't understand why. "We view this as a very...

Despite the provincial government's apparent frustration, the federal carbon tax will be a fixture in Saskatchewan for at least another 17 months. In a statement Monday, Premier Scott Moe said the fed...

When it comes to a carbon tax on fuel, Premier Scott Moe isn't changing his answer: His party still isn't in favour of it. "It's a cost on families and a cost on our small business and farmers here in...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is pitching a $20-per-tonne carbon price for consumers in his party’s $5-billion plan to tackle climate change. The move represents a major policy...

Premier Scott Moe offered a few hints Thursday about what could be in Saskatchewan’s carbon pricing system that would replace the federal backstop. The federal carbon tax increased Thursday from...

The premier may not like it, but Saskatchewan is going to have to submit to the carbon tax — for a while at least. In a 6-3 decision released early Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled th...

An assistant professor of economics at the University of Regina says there are a variety of ways Thursday’s Supreme Court of Canada decision on the carbon tax could affect the average Saskatchew...

The federal carbon tax will be sticking around and increasing every year, which has farmers worried about the extra costs. The appeal against the tax from Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario was shot do...

As constitutional law professor Dwight Newman was reading the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on the federal government’s carbon pricing law, he found the decision troubled Justice Russel...

Saskatchewan has lost its carbon tax fight. In a 6-3 decision released early Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled the federal government has the constitutional power to establish a price for gr...