70 Percent of Canadians Want Carbon Tax Scrapped for Farmers, Poll Finds

Nearly three-quarters of Canadians support a carbon tax exemption on natural gas and propane for farmers, according to a newly released report. A national poll found that 70 percent of those surveyed are in favour of farmers receiving more than the current carbon pricing break on gasoline and diesel, saying they deserve the same relief on their natural gas and propane bills. A full 39 percent of respondents strongly support an exemption for farmers while 31 percent somewhat support it, according to the data collected by Leger on behalf of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). Only 7 percent strongly oppose such a measure and 8 percent somewhat oppose the exemption, while a full 15 percent were uncertain, the survey found....