Agricultural groups are calling on Ottawa to pass a bill that will exempt farmers from paying the carbon tax on propane and natural gas. skpoli cdnpoli
“There’s a lack of understanding in what happens on a farm these days and we don’t have many representatives from rural Canada anymore,” said Steinley.
“We just need to continue to tell our story and how important agriculture is in Saskatchewan and to Canada,” said Boxall. “This is already a problem as many industries, especially the oil and gas sector, have successfully lobbied for, and achieved, favourable treatment, which allows them to pay a much lower carbon price than others, regardless of their lack of actual degree of being energy intensive and trade exposed,” said Gray in a statement.
“The carbon tax that we pay on rail freight, on trucking freight, on every single part we buy, every ton of fertilizer out-measures any rebate we would ever get,” said Boxall. “And there is no alternative.”Article content
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