I got a $760 this year, $680. After tax! That’s a really significant amount of money.
The Canada Carbon Rebate (CCR) includes a 20% supplement for residents of small and rural communities.
The supplement applies only to residents of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia whose primary residence is outside a Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), and they expect to continue to reside outside the same CMA on April 1, 2024.
All CCR recipients of Prince Edward Island are eligible for the rural supplement and it is included in their basic amount.
In Canada, businesses using gasoline in farm, construction, or manufacturing equipment may be eligible for a refundable tax credit, known as the “Return of Fuel Charge Proceeds to Farmers Tax Credit,” to offset the federal carbon pricing system (fuel charge).
Also eligible for a partial exemption (80 per cent) from the
carbon tax is natural gas and propane that is used for heating or the production of
carbon dioxide in the operation of a commercial greenhouse. Explicitly excluded
from the carbon tax exemption, however, is any other farm fuel that is used for
heating or cooling of a building or similar structure.
The initial impact of the carbon tax on farmers in 2019 was compounded by a
particularly wet year, leading to a large increase in drying costs for grain. In Ontario,
for example, a wet spring delayed crop planting. The shorter growing season meant
corn did not dry to typical levels in the field and was instead harvested at moisture
levels of 30 per cent or more. This is eight percentage points higher than a typical
year and required double the amount of fuel for drying (Greig 2020).
Farmers and industry organizations have argued the AAFC estimates,
which are averaged across all farms and all grain production in each province,
are an underestimate of true costs (Rabson 2020a). First, they do not account
for the fact that not all farms have on-site grain dryers. Second, they downplay
the higher costs faced by farmers of grains that are more expensive to dry. While
AAFC acknowledges that average costs will be higher for a larger farm, the
potential discrepancy is large.
a key characteristic of an EITE industry is the
possibility for carbon leakage. When carbon leakage occurs, a decrease in domestic production and domestic
emissions is offset by an increase in production and emissions from elsewhere in the world. If carbon pricing
support policies for domestic industries are effective in preventing carbon leakage, then this will limit any
increases in global emissions.
In December 2020, the federal government
released an updated plan with a $15/tonne per year
increase in the carbon price to reach $95/tonne in 2025
and $170/tonne in 2030.
and i don’t think SOx geoengineering is the way to go at all. which is in part because of what my PhD research is in. I study extreme precipitation and drought as compound hazards. and the feedback onto precipitation from messing with atmospheric circulation/clouds can be pretty devastating. a solution that could harm as many people from crop failures as it saves by keeping the average cooler is not a solution to me.