The carbon tax is equal parts egregious and outrageous. After all, isn’t farming challenging enough these days given higher input costs and the rising cost of labour?
April Fools’ Day yesterday proved to be no joke for so many concerned Canadians trying to make ends meet, something that is increasingly becoming a Herculean task.
That’s because the Justin Trudeau Liberals, who are seemingly obsessed with virtue-signalling (in this case, “saving the planet”), once again hiked the carbon tax on April 1st. If this was indeed some sort of joke, then it was lacking a humorous punchline.
Protests erupted across Canada on Monday, including one in Uxbridge, Ont., where dozens of farmers assembled outside an arena to protest this most recent increase of the carbon tax.
Can you blame them? The Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) estimate that by 2030, Ontario grain and oilseed farmers alone will pay a staggering $2.7 billion in carbon taxes.