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5 Election Issues Affecting Canadian Farmers


Carbon Tax

Carbon Tax

Canadian producers are concerned with how the current federal carbon tax plan affects their operations.

As price takers, farmers cannot pass production costs on. Rather, producers are the ones who pay the increased prices.

A carbon price of $25 per tonne, for example, could cost a Canadian cash crop farm an average of $5,094 per year, a Senate report says.

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