The Western Canadian Wheat Growers believe that raising the carbon tax in the middle of a pandemic will have a negative impact on farmers. They have noted that the carbon tax applies to all goods shipped to farms, but those costs cannot be passed on to the end consumer as grain is sold at world commodity prices, regardless of input costs. The carbon tax could hurt farmers income by tens of thousands of dollars for each farm. They claim that grain farmers have been using sustainable farming technology for decades yet have been given no recognition for their role in keeping carbon emission low.
