Saskatchewan Granted Injunction to Block CRA From Collecting Carbon Tax

The Federal Court has granted an injunction order to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from collecting outstanding federal carbon tax payments from Saskatchewan, the province has announced. The Saskatchewan government filed an emergency application July 5 to prevent the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) from collecting the home heating carbon tax levies the province has not paid since January. Premier Scott Moe and his government made the decision last year to begin withholding the home heating portion of its carbon tax payments as of Jan. 1. The move was in protest of the federal government’s refusal to exempt all forms of home heating from the tax after granting an exemption for home heating oil last fall. The exemption largely benefited Atlantic Canada but did little to help Saskatchewan where the primary heat sources are natural gas, propane, and electricity....