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KAP Wants Federal Government To Reconsider Carbon Tax On Grain Drying

On July 31, Keystone Agriculture Producers (KAP) sent a letter to Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, outlining the cost of the federal carbon tax on Manitoba farmers and urging the federal government to reconsider providing an exemption to both grain drying costs and the heating of barns.
 
"In light of some more current information that we were able to retrieve and in conjunction with the provincial government's information, we thought that we would send a letter to the federal Minister of Agriculture just seeing if there was any chance of having an influence on a future decision," said KAP President Bill Campbell.
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