United Farmers of Alberta
Registration:
6
of
13
(2021-01-13
to
2021-07-29)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Covid 19 - Financial support by the federal government in order to retain food security in Canada.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Clean Fuel Standards - Issues regarding compliance with land use and biodiversity. Further understanding and consultation regarding “verification and certification” of the feedstock and how this will directly impact farmers.
- Value Creation to enhance private plant breeding programs in Canada. Ensure that options presented are to the benefit of producers.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy: Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act - Urge the federal government to consider incentives or exemptions to agriculture production in the following areas:
increase costs for heating farm buildings
drying grain
irrigation
moving commodities by rail
buying essential farm inputs such as fertilizer and machinery
recognition of already existing responsible environmental practices by the ag sector
Policies or Program
- Covid 19 - Business Risk Management Support - Removing the Reference Margin Limiting (RML) from the program to enhance equitability across all sectors;
–Temporarily removing the $3 million cap on payments to safeguard as much domestic production as possible;
–Increasing the funding percentage from 70 per cent to at least 80 per cent after the trigger point is reached;
- Urge the federal government to establish a clear western government liaison to carry forth the issues and concerns of prairie provinces to Ottawa.
Regulation
- Subdivision C, Exemption Certificates, Subparagraph 36(1)(b)(vii) of the Greenhouse Gases Pollution Pricing Act related to Fuel Charge exemptions for qualifying farming fuel