By Michael Raine, The Western Producer, October 4, 2016
Carbon taxes are not popular with many producers, and the Western Canadian Wheat Growers group is setting out to capture those signatures.
In a petition it intends to present to the federal government and provincial leaders, the group is asking that farmers be recognized for their positive activities in agriculture. The WCWG also feels that carbon taxes “will wreak havoc throughout the entire agriculture value chain in Canada.
Levi Wood, the organization’s president, says the technology that producers use to grow crops in Western Canada and the conservation strategies they have are already environmentally friendly and a carbon tax will make it harder to adopt new tools.
