Legislation aims to exempt specific farming practices from carbon tax

Bill C-234, which aims to exempt specific farming practices and associated fuels from the carbon tax, has passed Third Reading in the House of Commons and will proceed to the Senate.

Although the carbon tax’s primary objective is to reduce emissions, growers and farmers face a lack of practical options to reduce their emissions from fuel or machinery. This makes the carbon tax a financial burden without resulting in any reduction in emissions.

Growers pay a carbon price on essential farming activities such as irrigation, and maintaining appropriate temperatures of greenhouses, among other activities. Bill C-234 would provide an exemption, limited to on-farm fuel use for these necessary farm practices, allowing farmers to invest their money instead in the efficiency of their operations.

Bill C-234 will now go before the Senate where it will be debated and voted on.

You can learn more here: https://agcarbonalliance.ca/ vote-for-bill-c-234/.

Source: Fruit & Vegetable Growers of Canada May 15, 2023 hort shorts