Farm groups are joining Premier Scott Moe in raising concern over the Federal Government’s Carbon Tax Rebate.
Ottawa announced plans yesterday to give carbon tax rebates of 90% to residents of provinces, like Saskatchewan, that have said they won’t be imposing the tax.
Todd Lewis, President of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, says while there is an agricultural exemption on the fuel surcharge for 4 ½ cents a litre at the $20 a tonne level for on-farm use; there’s a lot of other costs for farmers that won’t be coming back to producers.
“We’re going to see increased costs across the board be it in agricultural chemicals, fertilizers. Everything in rural Saskatchewan has to move from Point A to Point B and that isn’t going to be under personal transportation that’s what we pay our truckers, railroad companies and machinery dealerships.”
Premier Scott Moe is calling on Ottawa to hold off on imposing the Carbon Tax in Saskatchewan until the constitutional challenge has been heard and decided.
Source : Discoverestevan