2022 SES Response to Bill 88 The Saskatchewan First Act[67]

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2022 SES Response to Bill 88 The Saskatchewan First Act[67]

15 Dec 2022

Moreover, the OFFICE recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling in favour of the Government of 220 20th Street West Saskatoon Canada with respect to its jurisdictional right to levy a price on greenhouse gas pollution, clearly underlines the right of the Government of Canada to set federal policy with respect to greenhouse gas emissions.i Of special concern to us is that Bill 88 appears to be an attack. [...] The Secretary General of the United Nations has also clearly recognized this threat and has become increasingly concerned about the threat to humanity based on the latest expert advice of the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and after witnessing climate disaster after climate disaster unfold around the world. [...] For example, Saskatchewan’s greenhouse gas pollution contributes to the melting of glaciers around the world, to devastating drought in the Horn of Africa, to sea level rise that is accelerating and threatens thousands of coastal towns and cities, to the death of coral reef ecosystems as ocean waters warm beyond the coral’s tolerance, and to hundreds of extreme weather events. [...] (3) Without limiting the generality of subsections (1) and (2), Saskatchewan asserts its exclusive legislative jurisdiction under the Constitution of Canada in relation to the following matters, and asserts that these matters fall within the core of exclusive provincial legislative jurisdiction for the purposes of the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity: (b) the development, conservation and. [...] e n v i r o n m e n t a l s o c i e t y .c a “Larger than the economic impact of the agricultural sector in GDP terms, the (Saskatchewan) oil and gas sector remains squarely in the sights of the federal government seeking to extract its pound of flesh.” The Drawing the Line document indicates the provincial government will: “Prepare to take legal actions, legislative or otherwise, to maintain cont.
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