Sask Pork is applauding the passage of Bill C-234 in the House of Commons and hopes for quick ratification in the Senate. The private member's bill that will create specific exemptions for farmers to Canada's carbon pricing scheme has passed in the House of Commons and will now move to Senate. Mark Ferguson, the General Manager of Sask Pork, said the carbon tax has added an estimated one to three dollars per pig and the impact will only go up.
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