Federal carbon pricing is here to stay: What does it mean and what comes next?
On March 25, 2021, a 6 to 3 majority of the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GGPPA), following the joined constitutional challenges of Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The decision will no doubt become a landmark – not only in constitutional and environmental law, but also in the history of the country’s response to climate change.