Gas tax relief in B.C: A temporary measure for greenhouse sector, province is now reviewing overall program this fall

摘要

Greenhouse vegetable and floriculture growers in British Columbia have recently received some relief from the province's carbon tax.This spring, B.C. Minister of Agriculture Don McRae went to Canada's largest greenhouse, the 110-acre Village Farms tomato greenhouse in Delta, to announce growers will receive $7.6 million to offset the carbon tax they are expected to pay this year. McRae admitted the carbon tax, which is unique to B.C. among North American jurisdictions, has put growers in the province at a competitive disadvantage. He says the relief will allow them to "focus on maintaining their competitive edge and building B.C.'s half-billion-dollar-a-year greenhouse industry."