Thread by @withfilesfrom

Ottawa reneged this spring on including grain-drying and barn-heating in carbon tax, after years of uproar from farmers.

The budget watchdog released costing this morning, and it suggests the levy costs way more than Ottawa and industry projected: …bution-a617274656661637473.pbo-dpb.ca/0a4cfe7b0a509a… #cdnAg

Alberta govt had pegged 2019-20 cost at $2.7M and the 2021-22 rate at $6.8M.

https://twitter.com/withfilesfrom/status/1230980257907453953

Bear with me; it's math — but even with a retroactive rebate for prior fiscals, the cost still seems higher than industry/prov estimated. All listed fiscals seem to have similar levy-cost ratio, and I don't think this is balanced out by farms weaning off carbon + 19-20 conditions

Also, yes the 2019-20 season was wet but that had been factored in estimates by the provinces and industry (who had every incentive to juice those numbers) and yet PBO number is still higher, AFAIK.

https://twitter.com/withfilesfrom/status/1209138814918254592

The link in my first tweet is apparently not loading for some people; you can also access the PDF here:
pbo-dpb.gc.ca/en/blog/legisl…