Senator Rob Black gets around. Appointed in 2018, he’s earned a reputation for his diligent commitment to agriculture issues and ensuring they get their fair share of attention in the upper house of Canada’s parliament. Black was on hand this week at the Ontario Federation of Agriculture AGM at Toronto where he kicked off the… Read More
Category: Carbon Tax
Regular government business has come to a standstill in the House of Commons over the past week, decreasing the likelihood that multiple agriculture-related bills will cross the finish line before Parliament is inevitably dissolved for an election. The impasse over the Liberals’ refusal to yield to a Conservative motion to hand over green tech fund… Read More
A July 15th tax return filing deadline is looming for small and medium-sized businesses across Canada who could be eligible for the federal carbon tax rebate announced in the federal budget in April. An estimated 600 thousand Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs), including farms that are incorporated, could be eligible to receive more than $2.5 billion… Read More
Farmers and ranchers face many pressures to farm and raise animals in certain ways to meet sustainability-related goals of others, including food companies, lenders, and government. Clauses in crop contracts, carbon credits, government payments for rotational grazing or using nitrogen loss inhibitors, the federal fertilizer emissions reduction target, clean fuel standards, codes of practice, and… Read More
MPs on the House of Commons’ agriculture committee have published a list of recommendations for the federal government to tackle the issue of food price volatility after studying the topic over the past six months. The committee heard from a long list of witnesses, including executives from Loblaws, Metro, Sobeys-owner Empire, Walmart Canada and Costco,… Read More
When it comes to agriculture and the environment, some people see agriculture as a solution, while others view it as a problem. And in politics, people with different perspectives and levels of awareness about farming often sit in the same caucus or cabinet, influencing where a party stands on environmental policies that affect agriculture. Canada’s… Read More
Incorporated farms in provinces where the federal carbon tax is collected should receive a little more back on their tax return under the “Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses” proposed in the federal budget last week. The federal government said it would “urgently” return more than $2.5 billion in accrued carbon tax revenue going back… Read More
Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a surprise appearance at the Grain Farmers of Ontario March Classic meeting in London, Ont., this week. Emerging from behind a curtain, Ford took the stage to address a convention hall full of grain growers and wasted little time addressing the issue that led many conversations at the annual industry… Read More
The Official Opposition says that the current Liberal government’s approach to the agriculture industry isn’t going to get us where we need to be on the international stage, and farmers are feeling the pinch. John Barlow, Alberta MP and ag critic with the Conservative Party of Canada, brought that message to attendees at the Northern… Read More
The Senate’s amendments to Bill C-234 in December could result in farmers paying $910 million more in carbon tax, according to updated analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO). After several weeks of contentious debate, a narrow majority of Senators voted to limit the proposed carbon tax exemption for natural gas and propane used on… Read More