Senate passes pared-down version of bill on carbon tax exemptions for farmers

Bloc, NDP, and Green MPs who voted with the Conservatives in March will have to take a second look at Bill C-234 now that the Senate has sent it back with significant cuts.

Conservative MP Ben Lobb, pictured on Oct. 5, 2021, talking to reporters outside the Conservative caucus meeting at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on the Hill, is the sponsor of Bill C-234. Lobb represents Huron-Bruce, Ont. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

December 14, 2023

Senators have sent a Conservative bill to expand carbon tax exemptions back to the House in diminished form, following heated debates that saw supporters describing the bill as a question of fairness for farmers, and opponents calling it “a Trojan horse” against the larg...

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