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Summary
Justin Trudeau's carbon tax is going to court. As I've talked about before, the federal government's imposed carbon tax on provinces is the subject of a constitutional question at a court in Ontario, in Toronto specifically, coming up in a couple of weeks in April.
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As I've talked about before, the federal government's imposed carbon tax on provinces
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is going to be the subject of a constitutional question at a court in Ontario,
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in Toronto specifically, coming up in just a couple of weeks in April.
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The first was in Saskatchewan, though this case is actually scheduled for an entire week,
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four full days, there's a holiday on the other end of it,
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that are going to be used for many groups to argue that a carbon tax is not just a job killer
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and something that is simply a tax on Canadians,
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but that the federal government doesn't have the right to impose it on provinces,
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as Justin Trudeau has unilaterally tried to do.
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Now this lawsuit's only happening because Ontario Premier Doug Ford decided
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that he was going to make it a priority of his new government in Ontario to resist Justin Trudeau.
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It's a similar decision to the one taken by Premier Scott Moe in Saskatchewan,
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Premier Higgs, and potentially Premier Kenny in Alberta,
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depending on what happens in that province's election in a couple of weeks.
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This is all a lengthy wind-up to say that this constitutional question in Ontario,
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in two weeks, is going to be one of the most critical tests of the carbon tax.
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It's going to be more extensive than the Saskatchewan case.
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It's going to include the Saskatchewan government, which is intervening,
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as well as other groups like the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
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and several other stakeholders who are going to be arguing the point that I just laid out for you.
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But there's also going to be a lot of resistance to this.
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Environmental groups who have been lobbying for years for carbon tax schemes and cap-and-trade schemes
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are going to be saying that not only is the government entitled to do something like this,
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but the government should do something like this.
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And it may get a little bit dry and in the weeds at some points,
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and ultimately one that has wide-ranging implications for ordinary Canadians,
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which is why True North has committed to being there to cover it,
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and why I personally have committed to being there to cover it.
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We're going to be in the courtroom, going to be tweeting every day,
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going to be writing articles, going to be doing video updates,
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going to be sharing what the key arguments are that are really driving this case.
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Unfortunately for True North, or fortunately I'd say in the long run,
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we don't have access to the CBC billion-dollar budget or the Justin Trudeau media fund.
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We are a grassroots effort, which means every dollar we spend
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is a dollar that comes from people that are backing the work that we're doing,
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which is why I come to you with something of an appeal today.
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which means if you'd like to see this carbon tax trial coverage,
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if you'd like to see us cover this and share this
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and get through the mainstream media spin on it,
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From hotel to videography and a couple of other incidental costs,
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We don't want to do it if we're not able to actually get the coverage we need.
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And we just put out a little thing on our website,
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But I need your help to get to the finish line.
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We need to break through this mainstream media narrative.
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that can take down Justin Trudeau's carbon tax.