With Controversial Vote, Senate Delays Carbon Tax Exemption Bill for Farmers

With Controversial Vote, Senate Delays Carbon Tax Exemption Bill for Farmers
The Senate Chamber in Ottawa on Feb. 18, 2019. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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A bill that would exempt farmers from the carbon tax is at the last stage in the Senate before becoming law, but members of the upper chamber have held a controversial vote that will delay its adoption.

Bill C-234, a Conservative private member’s bill to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, was debated as part of third reading in the Senate on Nov. 9. After third reading is agreed upon, the bill will go on to receive royal assent and become law.
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