Canada’s agriculture sector needs to increase food production while also investing in sustainability to reduce emissions, according to a new report by RBC. The report in collaboration with the BCG Centre for Canada’s Future and the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute said Canada needs to increase its food production by a quarter by 2050 […]
Most Canadians are worried about climate change and believe it is caused by humans, but the regional differences in how people responded to that question show the political battles over the environment are still going strong, a new poll suggests. An online survey conducted by Leger Marketing and the Association of Canadian Studies for The […]
The president of SARM is worried the soaring cost of fuel could push some farmers off the land. Ray Orb says small family farms are looking at an additional one thousand dollars a day to fuel equipment this year, and larger farms upwards of an additional 5 thousand dollars a day. He says government need […]
The Federal Government released its 2023-23 budget, and it has the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce’s seal of approval as it contains several important items for Saskatchewan businesses. One of the Saskatchewan Chamber’s greatest efforts with the federal government over the past year has been advocating for the return of the carbon tax proceeds to Saskatchewan’s […]
The Saskatchewan government says it is expanding the provincial Output-based Performance Standards program to protect workers and businesses from the harmful effects of the federal carbon tax. Effective this month, industrial facilities in five more sectors are eligible to be covered by the provincial output standards instead of Ottawa’s industrial pricing system. These sectors include […]
With the new year comes new rules and regulations are set to take effect both nationally and provincially. Canada will be banning conversion therapy and single-use plastics. The ban for conversion therapy will become official on January 7. The new law will make conversion therapy, a practice that seeks to change someone’s sexual orientation to […]
The president of APAS is pushing for two pieces of farm legislation to receive quick approval when the Trudeau government returns to parliament. Todd Lewis says two important items died on the order paper with the election call and he wants them returned for quick passage. One of the bills had stricter regulations on farm […]
Premier Scott Moe weighed in Tuesday on the federal government’s decision to reject the province’s proposed carbon pricing plan. He says he doesn’t understand the rejection, as the plan is very similar to what other provinces have put forward. “It aligns with all the initiatives that the Trudeau has approved for other provinces in the […]
Premier Moe has issued a statement saying the government’s carbon tax plan has been rejected by the federal government. In the statement, Moe says the submission would have protected families, jobs and industries while exceeding the federal minimum standards, in close alignment with other provincial programs previously accepted. Moe adds the government is “fully evaluating” […]
The federal Conservatives may have issued a climate plan this week that includes a carbon tax, but it won’t change the mind of Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe who feels such a tax is one Saskatchewan does not need. “No carbon tax is acceptable in the province.” Moe said on Thursday. “We don’t believe it is […]
