Alberta applies for judicial review of Atlantic federal carbon tax exemption, calling it 'blatantly' unfair

The province is asking the Federal Court to declare the Atlantic home heating oil exemption unconstitutional and unlawful in hopes of seeing the tax axed altogether

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta has applied for a judicial review of Ottawa’s exemption of the carbon tax on home heating oil.

At a Tuesday announcement, Smith said it is “blatantly” unfair to Albertans who rely on natural gas to heat their homes, and relief can’t wait with cold winter weather coming.

Justice Minister Mickey Amery said it took about a year for the province to assemble its legal argument and he expects it will take another year to work its way through Federal Court.