Grain drying tax relief hangs in balance as senate delays

Jun 14, 2023

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), along with Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) and the Alberta Federation of Agriculture (AFA) are calling on the Senate of Canada to get Bill C-234 passed before they break for summer.

Bill C-234 will exempt farmers from paying the carbon tax on propane and natural gas used for drying grain and heating barns, a cost farm and ranch families should not have to absorb, according to APAS.

“We do not have alternatives to propane and natural gas for grain dying and barn heating, and we rely on the weather,” APAS President Ian Boxall said.

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