Reading Time: < 1 minute Mary Robinson, former president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, has been appointed to the Senate.
Robinson named to Senate
Former CFA president brings agricultural and business acumen to Canada’s upper house
Share concerns, build relationships with MPs, lobbyist says
Stay informed and hold representatives to account regardless of affiliation, farmers hear
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Meet with your member of Parliament annually. That’s how you inform politicians. That’s where you can gain some real momentum and leverage. It only takes one MP to stand up at caucus and say I visited my constituents and this is the big issue,” said Dave Carey.
Feds ask for public input on standards for municipal waste to be used for fertilizer
Municipal biosolids contain chemicals that don’t degrade, are toxic to humans, environment
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government is asking for public input as it prepares to implement interim rules for municipal wastes imported into Canada or sold as fertilizer.
Twice-amended Bill C-234 clears Senate
The bill will return to the House of Commons for further debate
Reading Time: < 1 minute A bill to exempt fuel for grain drying from the price on carbon has cleared the Senate and returns to the House of Commons with two amendments.
Senate votes to shorten sunset clause on beleaguered Bill C-234
NFU calls for bill to be passed, feds to incentivize clean heating technology for farm buildings
Reading Time: 2 minutes Senators voted by a 44-40 margin yesterday to shorten the sunset clause on carbon price exemption bill C-234. Senator Yuen Pau Woo introduced the amendment on Dec. 7, saying it would align it with the deadline on the Liberal government’s heating oil carbon price exemption.
Senate tables second amendment for Bill C-234
A question of privilege over bullying has been sent to the Senate's ethics committee
Reading Time: < 1 minute An amendment to reduce Bill C-234's sunset clause by five years was tabled in the Senate yesterday evening.
Senate votes to amend Bill C-234
Once the bill has been read a third time, it will be returned to the House of Commons for further debate
Reading Time: < 1 minute An amendment to remove barn and greenhouse heating from a bill that would exempt certain farm fuels from the carbon price was passed today in the Senate by a narrow margin.
Senate strikes down C-234 amendment, introduces another
Conservatives table motion in the House of Commons to call for Senate to pass bill
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hours after the Senate struck down an amendment some feared would kill Bill C-234, another amendment was introduced, Tuesday evening.
Bill C-234 proposes to exempt from the price on carbon propane and natural gas used on farm to dry grain or heat barns and greenhouses.
Opposition accuses feds of ‘playing games’ on Bill C-234
Conservative shadow minister says new Liberal senators set bill up for failure
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Conservative shadow minister for Agriculture, Agri-Food and Food Security has accused the Liberal government of “playing games” with a bill that would grant Canadian farmers a carbon price exemption for natural gas and propane used for barn heating and grain drying.
Premiers urge senate to pass Bill C-234
The bill, which would see farm propane and natural gas exempted from the carbon price has been in the Senate since March
Reading Time: 2 minutes The premiers of Ontario and Alberta are urging Senate to pass a bill that would see fuels for grain drying and barn and greenhouse heating exempted from the carbon price.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
