Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

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CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeThe Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Fraser,The Honourable Mr. Justice Jack Watson,The Honourable Mr. Justice Thomas W. Wakeling,The Honourable Madam Justice Elizabeth Hughes,The Honourable Mr. Justice Kevin Feehan
Citation2020 ABCA 74
Docket Number1903-0157-AC
Date24 February 2020

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  • Calgary (City) v Bell Canada Inc., 2020 ABCA 211
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • May 21, 2020
    ...as the “Commission”. [8] I recorded these questions in my recent concurring judgment in Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74, ¶¶ 358-376 & 555-629. This judgment draws heavily on that part of my earlier [9] Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2......
  • Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 25, 2021
    ...Martin, Nigel Bankes and Andrew Leach. “Breaking Ranks (and Precedent): Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74” (2020), 33 J. Env. Law & Prac. 159. Patenaude, Pierre. “L’érosion graduelle de la règle de l’étanch&......
  • Trisura Guarantee Insurance v Duchnij, 2021 ABCA 78
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • March 3, 2021
    ...§ 2, of the Constitution”). [8] Judicature Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. J-2, s. 26(6). E.g., Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74; 446 D.L.R. 4th [9] Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217 , 236 (“In the context of a reference, the Court, rather than acti......
  • Environmental Policy is Economic Policy: Climate Change Policy and the General Trade and Commerce Power.
    • Canada
    • Ottawa Law Review Vol. 52 No. 2, September 2022
    • September 22, 2021
    ...over GHG emissions, see Hogg, supra note 30; Hsu & Elliot, supra note 30. (36) See Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74 [Alberta GGPPA Reference]; Ontario GGPPA Reference, supra note 32; Saskatchewan GGPPA Reference, supra note (37) General Motors, supra note ......
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  • Trisura Guarantee Insurance v Duchnij, 2021 ABCA 78
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • March 3, 2021
    ...§ 2, of the Constitution”). [8] Judicature Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. J-2, s. 26(6). E.g., Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74; 446 D.L.R. 4th [9] Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217 , 236 (“In the context of a reference, the Court, rather than acti......
  • Calgary (City) v Bell Canada Inc., 2020 ABCA 211
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • May 21, 2020
    ...as the “Commission”. [8] I recorded these questions in my recent concurring judgment in Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74, ¶¶ 358-376 & 555-629. This judgment draws heavily on that part of my earlier [9] Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2......
  • Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 25, 2021
    ...Martin, Nigel Bankes and Andrew Leach. “Breaking Ranks (and Precedent): Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74” (2020), 33 J. Env. Law & Prac. 159. Patenaude, Pierre. “L’érosion graduelle de la règle de l’étanch&......
  • Alexis v Alberta (Environment and Parks),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • May 6, 2020
    ...[5] Alta. Reg. 111/1993. [6] R.S.A. 2000, c. E-12, s. 1(ccc). [7] Id. s. 1(xx). [8] Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74, ¶ 562 per Wakeling, J.A. (“This question [does the challenged law display a feature that reasonably justifies its classification as a class of......
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5 books & journal articles
  • Environmental Policy is Economic Policy: Climate Change Policy and the General Trade and Commerce Power.
    • Canada
    • Ottawa Law Review Vol. 52 No. 2, September 2022
    • September 22, 2021
    ...over GHG emissions, see Hogg, supra note 30; Hsu & Elliot, supra note 30. (36) See Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74 [Alberta GGPPA Reference]; Ontario GGPPA Reference, supra note 32; Saskatchewan GGPPA Reference, supra note (37) General Motors, supra note ......
  • The Unwritten Constitutional Principles and Environmental Justice: A New Way Forward?
    • Canada
    • Ottawa Law Review Vol. 52 No. 2, September 2022
    • September 22, 2021
    ...Pricing Act, 2019 ONCA 544 [Re GGPPA, ONCA]; Re GGPPA, SKCA, supra note 32. (125) See Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74 at paras 22-24 [Re GGPPA, (126) Re GGPPA, SKCA, supra note 32 (Factum of the Attorney General of Saskatchewan at para 39); ibid (Factum of ......
  • CANADIAN FEDERALISM'S UNDERLYING QUESTION: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MATTERS.
    • Canada
    • University of British Columbia Law Review Vol. 53 No. 2, December 2020
    • December 1, 2020
    ...Reference (SK)]; Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2019 ONCA 544 ; Reference re Greenhouse Gas Po lution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74. (20) See Canada, National Energy Board, Ruling No 40, File OF-Fac-Oil-T260-2013-03 02 (Calgary: National Energy Board, 23 October 2014); Bu......
  • The Pandemic and Beyond: Federalism Faces Existential Threats.
    • Canada
    • Queen's Law Journal Vol. 46 No. 2, March 2021
    • March 22, 2021
    ...City Council during election). (80.) See An Act to Repeal the Carbon Tax, SA 2019, c 1; Reference Re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74. (81.) See City of Edmonton, "Revising the Energy Transition Strategy" (last accessed 1 March 2021), online: City of Edmonton (82.) See Eni......
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