A Senate amendment to a private member’s bill would exempt grain drying but not barn heating and greenhouses
Farm organizations and farmers across the country urge senators to defeat an amendment to Bill C-234 that removed barns and greenhouses from a potential carbon pricing exemption. The proposed changes mean the bill, which would amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, would exempt natural gas and propane used for grain drying but not barn […] Read moreTag Archives propane
Grain drying alternatives called few
Engineers working on grain drying technology said alternatives to fossil fuels are years away. William David Lubitz, associate professor at the University of Guelph’s school of engineering, and Chandra Singh, senior research chair in agricultural engineering and technology at Lethbridge College, told the Senate agriculture committee that farmers have no viable replacements for propane and […] Read more
Senate hears new ideas on carbon tax exemption
Testimony at hearings into grain dryer fuel bill calls for expanding exemption, putting farmers in large emitter category
New ideas continue to come forward in the debate over whether propane and natural gas used on farms should be exempt from carbon pricing. The Senate agriculture committee is examining C-234, which passed the House of Commons earlier this year. Last week members heard from farmers and other stakeholders who are grappling with the idea […] Read more
Senate committee begins carbon tax bill review
Propane, natural gas would be exempt from the federal carbon price if private member’s bill makes it through the Senate
The Senate agriculture committee began its scrutiny of Bill C-234 last week, moving a possible carbon price exemption for natural gas and propane on farms one step closer. The bill passed in the House of Commons earlier but didn’t get to the Senate before the summer break. Senator David Wells sponsored the bill in the […] Read more
