Source: Karen Briere, Producer.com, October 22, 2018
The farm exemption includes fuel used in tractors, trucks and machinery only on the farm.
Farmers say on-farm fuel exemptions from Canada’s price-on-pollution plan aren’t enough.
Ottawa announced its plan for the four provinces that don’t have a carbon pricing system Oct. 23, touting farm exemptions, rural top-ups and climate action incentive payments.
In Saskatchewan the average household would receive an incentive payment of $598 in 2019 while paying only $403 in carbon tax on fossil fuels, the federal government said.
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