An Act to mitigate climate change through the pan-Canadian application of pricing mechanisms to a broad set of greenhouse gas emission sources and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Citation
S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 186
Territorial extent
Canada
Enacted by
House of Commons of Canada
Enacted by
Senate of Canada
Assented to
June 21, 2018
Commenced
June 21, 2018
Legislative history
First chamber: House of Commons of Canada
Bill title
Bill C-74 (Part 5), 42nd Parliament, 1st Session[1]
Introduced by
Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance
First reading
March 27, 2018
Second reading
April 23, 2018
Third reading
June 6, 2018
Committee report
May 28, 2018
Second chamber: Senate of Canada
Bill title
Bill C-74 (Part 5)
First reading
June 7, 2018
Second reading
June 11, 2018
Third reading
June 14, 2018
Committee report
June 14, 2018
Keywords
Carbon pricing, climate change
Status: Current legislation
The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act[a] (French: Loi sur la tarification de la pollution causée par les gaz à effet de serre) is a Canadian federal law establishing a set of minimum national standards for carbon pricing in Canada to meet emission reduction targets under the Paris Agreement.[2] It was passed as Part 5 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1 – an omnibus budget bill – during the 42nd Parliament of Canada.[3] The law came into force immediately upon receiving royal assent on June 21, 2018.[4]
On March 25, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the 2019 appeal of the provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and Saskatchewan and ruled in Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act that the GGPPA was constitutional.[5][6][7] Commentators had varying reactions to who the ruling benefited most politically,[8][9][10] with some stating that it represented a blow to the group of conservative premiers that made opposition to carbon pricing a central aspect of their policies.[11]
^"Government Bill (House of Commons) C-74 (42-1) - Royal Assent - Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1 - Parliament of Canada".
^McGrath, John Michael (June 28, 2019). "What you need to know about the Ontario Court of Appeal's carbon-tax decision". TVO. Ontario Educational Communications Authority.
^"Bill C-74". Parliament of Canada.
^Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 186). Parliament of Canada. June 21, 2018.
^ (Supreme Court of Canada March 25, 2021), Text.
^Tasker, John Paul (March 25, 2021). "Supreme Court rules Ottawa's carbon tax is constitutional". CBC.
^FINE, SEAN; BAILEY, IAN; GRANEY, EMMA (March 25, 2021). "Canada's carbon pricing is constitutional, Supreme Court rules". The Globe and Mail Inc.
^Coyne, Andrew (March 25, 2021). "The Supreme Court rules. And the winner is … Erin O'Toole?". The Globe and Mail Inc.
^Platt, Brian (March 25, 2021). "The dissenting view: Two SCC justices say federal carbon tax 'rewrites the rules of Confederation'". National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
^Cosh, Colby (March 25, 2021). "Federal government plays the 'POGG' card on carbon tax". National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
^Clark, Campbell (March 25, 2021). "The court deals a blow to the already-weakening political opposition to carbon taxes". The Globe and Mail Inc.
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