Today the Court of Appeal granted intervenor status to both
individuals and organizations in the Ontario Reference case
scheduled to be heard for April 15 – 18. The Province of
Ontario has filed a reference case challenging the federal carbon
pollution plan after cancelling Ontario's emissions
cap-and-trade system that complied with the applicable federal
standard.
The federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change made the
following statement:
"We welcome the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision to
hear the vast diversity of voices – health professionals,
youth, economists, Indigenous peoples, environmentalists and faith
groups – that support taking climate action by ensuring it is
no longer free to pollute. Carbon pollution has an impact on
everyone – on our health, our jobs, and our homes. We will
continue to work with all Canadians to protect the environment and
grow the economy.
