Letter: CARBON TAX HITS

How many times does a farm product get hit by the Carbon Tax? It looks like it could be quite a few times between seeding to market. A farmer gets hit when he summer fallows and then for fertilizing and when he seeds his crop. Then, when he sprays for weeds, then when he swaths his crop, and when he combines and when he has to transport the crop to the Elevator. From there, it’s transported to the factory wholesalers and stores. Then we get hit at the gas pumps when we have to buy gas to get to the store to buy the product. But … not to worry, Trudeau and Guilbeaut say they give us a lot more back than it costs us. A vegetable farmer, a cattle rancher or a chicken rancher, a pig farmer or a fruit farmer all have similar Carbon Taxes. But the Carbon Tax will save the world for something, and in the meantime, we might have to starve to death!

Robert Blagen
Youngstown, AB