Canada and its provinces are once again going through growing pains that necessitate final resolution by the Supreme Court of Canada. The subject matter is climate change regulation and the federal government’s constitutional authority to set minimum standards for provincial carbon pricing through its Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (the Act)[…]
On June 15, 2018, then Premier-designate Doug Ford announced that Ontario would not participate in the quarterly cap and trade allowance auction as part of the linked California-Quebec-Ontario Cap and Trade system (WCI System), and thereby triggered the rapid repeal and demise of Ontario’s cap and trade, carbon pricing system (CT System) 18 months after it began[…]
Introduction As countries around the world struggle to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and diversify their power supply, many governments have invested significant capital and resources into wind, solar and related renewable electricity generation sources. The International Energy Agency […]