Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act information
Canadian legal case
Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: September 22–23, 2020 Judgment: 25 March 2021
Full case name
IN THE MATTER OF References to the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Court of Appeal of Alberta respecting the constitutionality of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 186
Citations
2021 SCC 11
Docket No.
38663,38781,39116 [1]
Ruling
Appeals of the Attorney General of Saskatchewan and of the Attorney General of Ontario dismissed and appeal of the Attorney General of British Columbia allowed
Holding
The GGPPA is constitutional. It sets minimum national standards of GHG price stringency to reduce GHG emissions. Parliament has jurisdiction to enact this law as a matter of national concern under the peace, order, and good government (“POGG”) clause of s. 91 of the Constitution Act, 1867.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Wagner
Puisne Justices
R. Abella
M. Moldaver
A. Karakatsanis
S. Côté
R. Brown
M. Rowe
S. Martin
N. Kasirer
Reasons given
Majority
Wagner C.J., joined by Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Martin and Kasirer JJ.
Concur/dissent
Côté J.
Dissent
Brown J.
Dissent
Rowe J.
In Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act 2021 SCC 11, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on 25 March 2021 that the federal carbon pricing law is constitutional.[2]
^SCC Case Information - Docket 38663,38781,39116 Supreme Court of Canada
^"Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act", Supreme Court of Canada, 25 March 2021, retrieved 25 March 2021Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2019 SKCA 40 (CanLII) 38663-38781-39116
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