Conservative leader tells CFA the federal government is increasing the cost of production

National leaders of all federal political parties took part in the first day of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture's AGM.

Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh from the NDP, the Green Party’s Elizabeth May, Yves-Francois Blanchet from the Bloc Quebecois and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre addressed CFA delegates.

Pierre Poilievre told delegates that the Trudeau government is increasing the cost of farm production.

" Let's start with the carbon tax itself. Well, it does not apply to colored on-farm fuels. It does apply to everything else drying in the case of mushroom farms, natural gas needed to power the farm, the off-farm transportation costs, and of course any production of the fertilizers here in Canada would also face the carbon tax because of the inputs that go into fertilizers."

He notes it's a cost that our main competitors like the U-S don't have to face.