Ontario’s climate plan is set to be put to the constitutional test again in December.
A lawyer for a group of young climate activists says their historic constitutional challenge is set to be heard for a second time in Ontario Superior Court on Dec. 1 and 2.
The new hearing comes after Canada’s top court dismissed the province’s request that it weigh in on the case.
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Lawyers for the group have argued Ontario’s 2018 decision to replace its climate target with a weaker one committed the province to dangerously high levels of greenhouse gases in violation of their Charter rights.
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After the first full hearing in 2022, an Ontario Superior Court judge agreed the target fell “severely short of the scientific consensus” of sufficient action but ultimately ruled it wasn’t a violation of the constitution.
But on appeal, Ontario’s highest court issued a favourable ruling for the young climate activists and sent the case back to the lower court for another hearing.
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