Farmscape for February 27, 2018

The President of Keystone Agricultural Producers is pleased that Manitoba has joined the  federal-provincial-territorial plan to address climate change.
Last week Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Manitoba's Minister of Sustainable Development announced Manitoba has signed on to the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.
As a result Manitoba will qualify for approximately 67 million dollars in federal funding under the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund.
Keystone Agricultural Producers President Dan Mazier says he is pleased that the federal government has agreed to allow Manitoba's climate and green plan to move forward and that Manitoba's planned 25 dollar per tonne carbon tax will be left intact.

Clip-Keystone Agricultural Producers-Dan Mazier:
The Manitoba Government has been saying all the way along it shouldn't be about pricing but it should be about changing people's behaviors.
The Made in Manitoba Plan does take into account what our carbon balance is and how we use carbon based products in certain ratios versus Alberta or B.C. or even Ontario.
They've gone to different systems and they've all signed on.
It is different in Manitoba and in these jurisdictions you need a different approach and one size doesn't necessarily fit all in all of Canada and this is why we have Canada and this is why we have provincial governments so they can see fit how they are going to adopt a federal program so I think it's a really good opportunity.
The other thing on this too is we can move forward.
We've got a plan now, we've got the green plan for Manitoba sitting in place.
They feds said they are going to be alright but I understand, from the press release, review it on an annual basis which is all right but it's time to get on with this and see where this is all going to shake out.

Mazier says this is another step toward to getting this carbon pricing situation resolved.
For Farmscape.Ca, I'm Bruce Cochrane.

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