Thanks for the question.
You're right. Under the current tax regime, there's a federal excise tax exemption on ethanol in Canada. That tax exemption applies equally to all ethanol, whether it's Brazilian, American, or Canadian, because the tax code cannot discriminate under international trade laws.
We have proposed to the federal government that it repeal that excise tax exemption and replace it with a domestic-only support program or a tax credit program that is trade compliant but applies to domestic ethanol only, thereby stopping the subsidy of imports.