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Ottawa—The federal government needs to acknowledge farmers have worked hard to control their greenhouse gas emissions and forcing them to pay the carbon tax on some food-producing activities can reduce their international competitiveness, says the Canadian Federation of Agriculture .
“Canadian producers are concerned about maintaining competitiveness as they face the prospect of higher costs for inputs due to carbon pricing. Machinery used for grain drying, livestock heating and cooling and irrigation are critical for mitigating the increasing on-farm impacts of climate change, including summer droughts and heat waves, and a shift towards rainfall during the autumn harvest months.
Penalizing farmers for responding to environmental conditions that are out of their control leaves little money left over to invest in new technologies that could reduce their overall emissions. Fuel efficiencies should be done through incentives like the carbon offset protocols and support for clean technology, research and innovation, climate change adaptation and mitigation, resilience building measures and compensation for higher inputs costs.
CFA is backing Ontario Conservative MP Ben Lobb’s bill to exempt farm use of natural gas and propane from the carbon tax and has joined the Agriculture Carbon Alliance to help provide a unified voice on these issues.
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