Canadian agriculture lobby groups keeping close eye on pair of private members’ bills

Bill C-206 aims to exempt certain fuel used for drying grain from the carbon tax, while C-208 seeks to lessen the tax burden on intergenerational farm transfers.

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured here on May. 5, 2020. Two private members' bills related to agriculture have been sent to committee on party line votes, over the objections of the Liberals.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY AIDAN CHAMANDY

March 15, 2021

Canadian agriculture stakeholders are backing a pair of private members' bills now before the House of Commons. The lobby groups and the MPs behind the bills are hoping that the looser government control in this minority Parliament will make it easier for the bills to pass before they are scuttled ...

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