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Farmers prefer provincial carbon tax to Ottawa’s
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Farmers prefer provincial carbon tax to Ottawa’s

The provincial government rejects the federal government’s offer to reconsider its plan

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Many Manitoba farm groups prefer Manitoba’s scrapped carbon tax to Ottawa’s. Manitoba’s plan, which Premier Brian Pallister withdrew Oct. 4, would have exempted not only fuels burned in farm equipment, but in grain dryers and livestock barns. The federal plan for Manitoba announced Oct. 23 only exempts farm equipment fuel and 80 per cent of
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Editorial: Stuck in the middle

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Manitoba farmers are caught in the middle of a nasty spat between Ottawa and Broadway. The province recently scrapped its carbon tax proposal after learning Ottawa would be imposing its own. That concerned local farm groups as the provincial proposal had some hard-fought recognition for the precarious position of the province’s farm business community. Most
The Manitoba Conservative government of Brian Pallister isn't interested in returning to the carbon tax plan he scrapped earlier this month.
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Manitoba rejects Ottawa’s offer to reconsider its carbon tax

The Premier’s office says the federal government can’t be trusted on this issue

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The Manitoba government has rejected Ottawa’s offer to reconsider letting Manitoba’s carbon tax stand, rather than imposing the federal plan. That’s sure to disappoint Manitoba farm groups who say they prefer Manitoba’s plan over Ottawa’s. But the Manitoba government doesn’t trust the federal government on this issue. “The Liberals are talking out of both sides
Dominic LeBlanc (l) speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in a file photo from 2015. He’s offering Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister an opportunity to restore the province’s carbon tax proposal that he scrapped earlier this month.
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Manitoba’s carbon tax might not be dead yet

Ottawa says it will reconsider if the province agrees to put its plan back on the table

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Ottawa is willing to take another look at Manitoba’s carbon tax. “Our government would of course be open to working with Premier (Brian) Pallister in the fight against climate change,” federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic Le Blanc said in an email Oct. 25. “If the Premier would like to reconsider rescinding Manitoba’s proposal, we would
Farm gasoline and diesel will be exempt from the federal carbon tax, but fuel to heat buildings and dry grain may not be.
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Details on Ottawa’s carbon tax for Manitoba coming soon

Farm equipment fuel will be exempted but what about for grain dryers and barns?

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The federal government has yet to announce details of its upcoming carbon tax, but it seems farm fuels will be exempted. “Our government knows that Canadian farmers are part of the climate change solution, and both gasoline and diesel fuels for on-farm use will be exempted from our plan to price pollution,” Dominic LeBlanc, minister
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the majority of Manitobans will receive more in carbon tax rebates than they will pay in carbon taxes .
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Carbon tax rebates prominent part of federal plan announced Oct. 23

KAP wants grain drying and barn heating fuels exempted

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Most Manitobans will get more money in carbon tax rebates than they’ll pay after the federal government’s carbon tax of $20 a tonne starts in April 2019, Prime Minister Trudeau announced Oct. 23. Farm fuel will be exempted from the controversial tax designed to encourage Canadians to emit less carbon in the fight against climate
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a press conference June 9, 2018 at the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Que. (G7.gc.ca via Flickr)
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Trudeau vows to impose carbon tax, opponents push back

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Ottawa | Reuters – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said he would fulfill a promise to impose a carbon tax on provinces unwilling to combat climate change, prompting instant protests from a voter-rich part of the country. Trudeau, whose ruling Liberals face an election in October 2019, told a news conference that all the money
Premier Brian Pallister and Sustainable Development Minister Rochelle Squires unveiled the Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan Oct. 27, 2017 at Oak Hammock Marsh. The plan included a flat $25-a-tonne carbon tax and programs to cut carbon emissions. Last week Pallister announced since Ottawa is going to impose its carbon tax on Manitoba, the province won’t implement its tax. However, the green plan programs will still go ahead, he said.
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Manitoba scraps carbon tax in anticipation Ottawa will impose its own

But Premier Pallister wants Ottawa’s carbon tax to include the same exemptions for farmers as Manitoba’s

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The Manitoba government won’t launch its Made-in-Manitoba carbon tax because Ottawa is imposing its own, but Manitoba is going ahead with the carbon reduction programs in its Climate and Green Plan. The province also says when the federal government starts taxing carbon here the same exemptions for farmers set out under Manitoba’s cancelled tax should
James Battershill, general manager for Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP).
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Manitoba’s consultations begin on pricing for carbon emissions

KAP members will be looking at what an offset market means for agriculture

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The provincial government has released a consultation document on devising a new output-based pricing system (OBPS) related to carbon emissions. The OBPS system, like a cap-and-trade program, will apply to large-scale industrial facilities with annual emissions of 50,000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, requiring these facilities to meet specific emission targets, or pay
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MacAulay chided for asserting farmers support carbon tax

Farm groups say they’re concerned about climate change and other environmental issues, but that doesn’t mean they support this policy

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Despite widespread criticisms of the federal carbon tax from farm groups, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay has told both senators and MPs that farmers back it. “Farmers fully support it,” MacAulay told the Senate. “I can assure you the farmers are fully on our side and have always helped in this area.” The minister’s answer blended

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