“He’d have gotten here a lot faster if he didn’t wait for me – my tractor’s slow,” said Gautreau, who runs a llama farm outside Shediac, N.B.
Vienneau took issue with the federal government’s claims that farmers and fishermen get an exemption from the carbon tax. He said despite having 350 head of cattle, his farm is considered too small to qualify for the exemption. “They say we all get a rebate, and we do. But for farmers, we have to pay its cost on feed, fertilizer, fuel itself, parts, labour.”
Krista Chisholm, who runs Maritime Agricultural Services, said federal government policies have made it increasingly hard for anyone in her industry to do business.
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