Premier Scott Moe says Thursday’s decision from the Supreme Court of Canada that carbon pricing is constitutional effectively ends Saskatchewan’s legal avenues. In a statement he made on Thursday afternoon before speaking at a media conference, he said this does not change their core conviction that the carbon tax is “bad environmental policy, bad economic […]
Ryan Meili and the Saskatchewan NDP say Thursday’s announcement by the Supreme Court of Canada ruling the Carbon Tax constitutional, was not unexpected, but they are calling on the Federal government to acknowledge the disproportionate impact the tax has on the province. Meili says the economy wide price on carbon is not something Saskatchewan people or […]
Members of several pro-climate action organizations in Saskatchewan are celebrating the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on the carbon tax on Thursday. Groups including Regina’s EnviroCollective, the Regina Chapter of the Council of Canadians and Climate Justice Saskatoon are some that are echoing their support for the ruling. Jim Elliott, a representative of the Regina […]
APAS president Todd Lewis is disappointed with the Supreme court decision to uphold the federal carbon tax. Lewis says the tax puts an unfair burden on food producers who cannot pass on their higher costs. Lewis says the carbon tax will cost Saskatchewan farmers hundreds of millions of dollars when it reaches 170 dollars […]
In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court of Canada has announced Thursday morning that a federally imposed carbon tax, is constitutional. The federal price on pollution was first introduced in 2018 and was imposed on province’s like Saskatchewan, that didn’t have a price on pollution on the provincial level. Chief Justice Richard Wagner said in […]
Ten national farm groups have joined forces to ensure federal policies support farm efforts to battle greenhouse gases. Farm groups have raised alarms about Ottawa’s 170 dollar per ton carbon tax by the year 2030. Now, national groups representing the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the Canadian Cattlemens Association, Grain Growers of Canada and the pork […]
APAS president Todd Lewis is encouraged with movement in Ottawa to exempt farm use of natural gas and propane from the federal carbon tax. A private members bill from the Conservatives passed second reading in the house of Commons this week, designed to exempt farm use of natural gas and propane from the carbon […]
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is urging MP’s to pass legislation exempting farm use of natural gas and propane from the carbon tax. CFIB vice president, agribusiness, Marilynn Braun-Pollon says farmers paid an estimated 14 thousand dollars in carbon taxes for the year ending last March 31st when it was 20 dollars a […]
Two key farm resolutions were passed at multiple Crop Development Commission annual meetings last week. Saskatchewan farmers approved a resolution calling for government farm support for modern methods which reduce greenhouse gases. SaskWheat Chair Brett Halstead says Ottawa’s proposed hike in the carbon tax from 30 to 170 dollars a ton by 2030 will be […]
Two resolutions were passed at multiple online annual general meetings on Tuesday. The carbon tax resolution asks the federal government to recognize and reward farmers for carbon dioxide sequestered in agricultural soils through continuous cropping, as well as reduced or zero till. The other resolution calls for the establishment of an Export Sales Reporting program—similar […]
