Carbon and climate change policy have been hot topics since the federal government announced its policy on carbon taxation last October. This is especially true in Sask-atchewan with the provincial government’s refusal to participate in the national carbon pricing plan. Agricultural producers have a lot at stake in this discussion, both from carbon pricing policies […] Read more
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Carbon pricing sparks frustration at CFA meeting
Western Producer reporter Karen Briere attended The Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting in Ottawa and filed this report Frustrated farmers lined up at a microphone during the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting last week to vent about provincial carbon policies. One delegate noted Saskatchewan, which is staunchly opposed to any scheme, probably has […] Read more
Alta. energy generation plan needs rethink: expert
EDMONTON — The association representing Alberta’s rural municipalities wants the government to consider exemptions from the upcoming carbon levy. Delegates to the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties annual meeting voted in favour of asking government to exempt all municipalities from paying the levy as well as giving farming operations a break on the […] Read more
Farmers wrestle with carbon tax fallout
Farm groups say they need more breaks than just farm fuel exemptions in looming carbon tax legislation. In Western Canada, British Columbia and Alberta already have carbon tax laws in place. B.C. has had a tax since 2008. It amounts to $30 per tonne. In 2014, the province exempted farm gas and diesel from the […] Read more
