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The same people who said Premier Doug Ford is wasting taxpayers’ money by legally challenging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s right to impose a carbon tax on Ontario should also be saying this.

That it’s a waste of taxpayers’ money for Mayor John Tory and Toronto council to challenge Ford’s right to downsize council from 47 seats to 25, as it did before last year’s municipal election.

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In both cases, the Ontario and Toronto governments are, in the opinion of many legal experts, throwing Hail Mary passes in legal battles they will probably lose.

In the case of Ontario’s challenge of the federal carbon tax, the Saskatchewan government last month lost a similar appeal, with the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal — in a 3-2 decision — ruling Trudeau had the right to impose the tax.

Saskatchewan is appealing that decision to the Supreme Court of Canada, but the Court of Appeal verdict suggests provinces legally challenging Trudeau’s carbon tax, including Ontario, face an uphill battle.