An environmental group that accused the Ontario government of breaking the law when it scrapped the province’s cap-and-trade system claimed a symbolic victory on Friday as a court decision validated the allegation without changing the status quo.
Two of three judges on a divisional court panel said the government violated the province’s Environmental Bill of Rights when it failed to consult the public on a regulation ending the system last year.
But the panel declined a request from Greenpeace Canada — the environmental group that launched the complaint alongside EcoJustice — for a formal declaration against the government. The panel dismissed the case without penalty to the Progressive Conservatives who maintain they were delivering on a campaign promise made in 2018.
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