Richmond will join five other municipalities in defending carbon pricing in a Supreme Court case.
Several provinces are appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada to quash the federal government's carbon pricing scheme.
But six B.C. municipalities have received intervenor status in the court case – granted in December – and they argue that B.C.’s carbon tax is regarded as an “ideal model” for other jurisdictions.
The intervenors are asking the court to uphold the federal government’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.
Net emissions fell by 4.7 per cent over eight years in B.C. after the carbon tax was implemented.
In a press release, the municipalities say that a carbon tax is “one of the most effective and fair ways that governments can address climate change.”
The hearing of the appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada is tentatively scheduled for spring 2020.
