On Monday, November 27, 2023, Alberta’s legislature tabled a resolution to invoke its controversial Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act for the first time. The Act allows Alberta’s legislature to pass resolutions to identify and disregard specific federal legislation or policies as either unconstitutional or causing harm to Albertans.

In the ruling, which determined the law to be unconstitutional, the Alberta Court of Appeal acknowledged the seriousness of climate change - as well as its evident concern about the law’s potential negative impact on Western Canada’s oil industry.

Will the Supreme Court of Canada uphold the constitutionality of the carbon tax? Or agree with the Alberta Court of Appeal and strike it down?