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Carbon pricing not having ‘significant impact’ on grain drying, Bibeau says

Conservatives, ag groups dispute government's numbers

Ottawa — Grain drying costs an average of $210 to $819 per farm in carbon taxes, according to federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Her department used data provided by grower groups – including Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) – to arrive at the figures. The federal estimate […] Read more

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Federal carbon tax rises despite opposition, pandemic

Ottawa not backing away from scheduled increases

By D.c. Fraser, GFM Network News April 6, 2020

Ottawa — The federal government has pushed ahead with an increase to the carbon tax despite continued calls from the agriculture sector for reprieve from the program. The price on carbon rose from $20 per tonne to $30 per tonne effective April 1. The federal Liberal government is standing firm on its commitment to increase […] Read more

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Carbon tax an eight per cent hit on net income, APAS says

By GFM Staff February 6, 2020

The average Saskatchewan farmer can expect to lose about eight per cent of his or her annual net farm income to the federal carbon tax to 2020 — and 12 per cent in 2022, the province’s general ag group says. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan on Monday released new estimates on the financial impacts […] Read more

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Green Party backs grain drying exemption from carbon tax

By GFM Staff January 20, 2020

One of the federal opposition parties in full favour of carbon pricing is lending its support to calls by farm groups for a carbon tax break for grain drying. Vancouver Island MP Paul Manly, the Green Party’s caucus critic for agriculture, announced the party’s position Monday. “We support the grain producers of Canada in their […] Read more

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Fraser: The case against carbon pricing for farmers

By D.c. Fraser January 9, 2020

The federal government continues to suggest the carbon tax imposed on Prairie farmers is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and may not be causing undue harm to the country’s agricultural sector. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks publicly about “special considerations” for farmers, while at the same time openly questioning carbon pricing’s effect on their […] Read more

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Prairie provinces react to Bibeau’s questions on carbon price impact

By D.c. Fraser January 9, 2020

Ottawa — The Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments continue attempts to convince the federal government’s carbon pricing program puts farmers at a disadvantage. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau recently suggested the carbon pricing system may not be disadvantaging farmers, questioning the impact of carbon pricing on agriculture, but saying she will continue to seek out more […] Read more

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Canada unveils carbon price, energy-producing provinces unhappy

By Alastair Sharp, David Ljunggren October 3, 2016

Reuters — Canada’s federal government on Monday vowed to bring in a minimum price on carbon emissions by 2018, prompting one energy-producing province to threaten legal action and another to demand approval of an oil pipeline in return. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who took power last November promising to do more to protect the […] Read more

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Pulse packers’ security covers cash owed to farmers

Farm cash receipts up in 2020

U.S. grains: Soy, corn up on unfavourable South American weather

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Carbon pricing not having ‘significant impact’ on grain drying, Bibeau says

Federal carbon tax rises despite opposition, pandemic

Carbon tax an eight per cent hit on net income, APAS says

Green Party backs grain drying exemption from carbon tax

Fraser: The case against carbon pricing for farmers

Prairie provinces react to Bibeau’s questions on carbon price impact

Canada unveils carbon price, energy-producing provinces unhappy

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