An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

Sponsor

Ben Lobb  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

At consideration in the House of Commons of amendments made by the Senate, as of Feb. 14, 2024

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Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act to expand the definition of eligible farming machinery and extend the exemption for qualifying farming fuel to marketable natural gas and propane.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

March 29, 2023 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
May 18, 2022 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on June 16, 2022

  • Miodrag Jovanovic, Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance
  • Natasha Kim, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • John Moffet, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Branch, Department of the Environment
  • Marco Valicenti, Director General, Innovation Programs Directorate, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Gervais Coulombe, Senior Director, Excise Taxation and Legislation, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on Oct. 3, 2022

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on Oct. 17, 2022

  • Brendan Byrne, Chairman, Grain Farmers of Ontario
  • Raymond Orb, President, Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
  • Branden Leslie, Manager, Policy and Government Relations, Grain Growers of Canada
  • Serge Buy, Chief Executive Officer, Agri-Food Innovation Council
  • Tom L. Green, Senior Climate Policy Advisor, David Suzuki Foundation

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on Oct. 24, 2022

  • Richard Gray, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, As an Individual
  • Tristan Skolrud, Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan, As an Individual
  • Todd Lewis, Second Vice-President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
  • Ryan Koeslag, Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Mushroom Growers' Association
  • Mike Medeiros, President, Canadian Mushroom Growers' Association
  • Hessel Kielstra, Mountain View Poultry Farms
  • Peggy Brekveld, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
  • James Bekkering, Board Chair, National Cattle Feeders' Association

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on Nov. 14, 2022