carbon tax

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the government will double the top-up to the carbon price rebate for rural Canadians beginning next April. Trudeau also says there will be a temporary, three-year pause to carbon pricing measures that are applied to deliveries of heating oil, beginning in two weeks. A government press release says […]

Bill C-234 is facing more delays, following a vote by the Senate Ag Committee this morning. Committee members by a margin of 7-6 voted in favour of at least one major amendment to carve out an exemption from the carbon tax when it comes to drying grain, but not for heating or cooling barns. That amendment […]

The Senate Ag Committee heard from the president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM). Ray Orb is the latest to speak on Bill C-234, a private member’s bill that amends the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, which would make natural gas and propane used for grain drying and heating barns exempt from the carbon tax. […]

The President of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is the latest in a long line of people trying to convince the Senate Ag Committee to pass Bill C-234. Ian Boxall wrote a letter, urging the upper chamber to pass the carbon tax exemption on propane and natural gas used to dry grain and heat […]

A bill that exempts the federal carbon tax from grain drying and heating barns will be up for discussion again tomorrow (Thurs) in the Senate. Bill C-234 almost made it across the finish line back in June, when two liberal leaning senators, including Senator Pierre Delphond of Quebec, demanded further discussion on an issue that’s […]

Carbon pricing, or the ‘carbon tax,’ has been a hot issue for Saskatchewan residents and the province’s agriculture industry. Federal Natural Resource Minister Jonathan Wilkinson was asked about the federal carbon pricing policy during a Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce event. “The underlying kind of argument for the price is it is the most economically efficient […]

The CEO of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association is in the nation’s capital this week, focused on two pieces of federal legislation. Grant McLellan says one of the bills is C-282, a private member’s bill that he says makes it illegal for the federal government to discuss supply managed sectors during trade negotiations; the other is […]

Saskatchewan is to soon gain control of the carbon pricing charge that shows up on residents power bills. But Premier Scott Moe and his Saskatchewan Party government are still mulling over how that new revenue should be spent. Since 2019, a carbon backstop has been placed on Saskatchewan Power Corporation bills to account for its greenhouse gas emissions. The money […]

All large greenhouse gas emitters in Saskatchewan will soon be regulated by the provincial government after Ottawa ruled the plan meets national standards. Saskatchewan and Ottawa jointly announced Tuesday that the federal output-based pricing system for industry will no longer apply in the province starting in 2023. This comes after Saskatchewan applied to have natural […]

The Saskatchewan and federal governments say they are willing to collaborate with each other on environmental policies. Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Wednesday the two levels of government need to figure out ways to work together to ensure there’s progress toward reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. The federal government has said it wants to reach […]