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CPC leadership hopefuls list ending carbon tax as priority for agriculture

Party leadership candidates also look to strengthen trade relationships

By GFM Network News July 25, 2020

Removing the carbon tax is the main priority for the two top Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leadership candidates, according to a recent survey. Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole, considered the front-runners in a small field of leadership hopefuls, listed eliminating the environmental policy in response to a series of questions posed to them by […] Read more

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Conservative ag critic John Barlow discussed the impact of carbon pricing on farm expenses when Bibeau addressed an agriculture committee meeting on June 10, 2020. (Video screengrabs from Parl.gc.ca)

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

Conservatives, ag groups dispute government's numbers

By GFM Network News June 13, 2020

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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Toban Dyck: Do you know your cost of production?

If there ever was a year for a detailed budget, it’s this one

By Toban Dyck April 29, 2020

He leaned over and said, “Do you know what one of the biggest issues facing farmers is?” I’m paraphrasing. I didn’t have my notepad out and open. I had no way of knowing that I would be talking about such heady stuff, given where we were. We were both waiting for the same prop plane […] Read more

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Federal carbon tax rises despite opposition, pandemic

Ottawa not backing away from scheduled increases

By 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

An excavator works on Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Patrick Doyle)

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Ottawa roundup: Carbon tax, Grain Act review, Horticultural Council AGM

By GFM Network News March 16, 2020

Despite much of the world’s focus being on slumping stock markets and a global pandemic, there are several recent developments out of Ottawa related to agriculture: Canada Grain Act Canada’s Treasury Board has identified the Canada Grain Act as a piece of legislation in need of regulatory reform. This has been on the federal Liberal […] Read more

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Subsidy for grain dryer upgrades in Alberta draws critics

By GFM Network News February 14, 2020

Concerns are being raised over a new program for grain drying being offered to Alberta residents. The federal and Alberta governments recently announced Alberta farmers seeking to make grain dryer improvements will have access to funding through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The Efficient Grain Dryer Program aims to cover costs for energy efficiency improvements to […] Read more

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

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News 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 Network News 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

File photo of an Alberta wheat field. (ImagineGolf/E+/Getty Images)

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Fraser: The case against carbon pricing for farmers

By GFM Network News January 10, 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

A GSI grain drying system at Bashaw, Alta. (Grainews photo courtesy Western General)

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

By GFM Network News 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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Alberta crop conditions improve: report

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CPC leadership hopefuls list ending carbon tax as priority for agriculture

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

Toban Dyck: Do you know your cost of production?

Federal carbon tax rises despite opposition, pandemic

Ottawa roundup: Carbon tax, Grain Act review, Horticultural Council AGM

Subsidy for grain dryer upgrades in Alberta draws critics

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

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