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REGINA — Saskatchewan’s attorney general says he has no doubt the province’s constitutional challenge of Ottawa’s imposition of a carbon tax will end up in the Supreme Court of Canada.

Don Morgan notes both the province and Canada have the right to appeal a ruling from the Saskatchewan Appeal Court, which is to hear two days of arguments starting Wednesday.

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Morgan said the provincial government will urge Ottawa to hold off on imposing the levy while the issue is before the courts, but will not seek an injunction to stop it.

The federal carbon tax is set to take effect in Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba in April.

“We think it’s the right thing to do,” he said Tuesday of the constitutional challenge.

“We think the proper position for our province to take is not to have a carbon tax that singles out our province.”

The Saskatchewan Party government argues a federally imposed carbon tax is unconstitutional because it will not apply evenly across all of the provinces.