Carbon taxation is not a solution to environmental issues
GUELPH, ON – Grain Farmers of Ontario, the province‘s largest commodity organization, representing Ontario‘s 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean and wheat farmers, today expressed its disappointment with the Canadian government‘s mandated carbon tax on fuels and urged the government to stop implementation.
Changes in the land, water and air have been noted by farmers for decades and new practices such as cover crop and no-till strategies, carefully timed and weather-aligned crop production tool applications, new tools that inhibit environmental escape of nitrogen, and more, are long-term strategies that will actually positively impact the environment.
“Climate change has to be addressed but a carbon tax isn‘t the way to do it,” said Markus Haerle, Chair, Grain Farmers of Ontario. “Farmers have no way to reduce their costs or increase the prices of their crops to reflect the increased costs of business and taxation.