Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
| Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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.