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Agriculture committee  I think at the time of their introduction as part of the cuts in 2013, the reference margin limit was introduced to address some of what John had referenced earlier about paying into profitability, this notion that the margins had got to a point where a proxy was needed to see wh

March 10th, 2020Committee meeting

Scott Ross

Finance committee  It's a very good question. In many respects, there's a sense that agriculture was given some limited exemptions in terms of on-farm fuel use and greenhouse heating, for example. It's a complicated industry and many Canadians don't understand the ins and outs of what is required

February 6th, 2020Committee meeting

Scott Ross

Finance committee  I can't speak to public perception but, yes, they are largely, under any categorization you can come up with, small and medium-sized enterprises.

February 6th, 2020Committee meeting

Scott Ross

Finance committee  If there is some relief being granted by virtue of the fact they're small businesses, the number that we reported earlier speak to what was actually accrued on those farms as carbon tax or carbon pricing implications. One way or the other, the costs are still significant and are

February 6th, 2020Committee meeting

Scott Ross

Finance committee  I could start on that. Both the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and Keystone Agricultural Producers are members of the CFA. I would say that their analysis is quite recent. It was just undertaken. It's probably the best assessment we have seen to date on the f

February 6th, 2020Committee meeting

Scott Ross

Finance committee  Our understanding is that they pulled the numbers directly from farmers, from either their income statements or whatever it might be. I think the numbers are quite reliable, yes.

February 6th, 2020Committee meeting

Scott Ross

Finance committee  Our membership has been pretty clear that their preference would be for an exemption. Additionally, at this point in time, given the significant challenges that last year's harvest presented from a weather perspective and just more generally—a number of issues came together to ma

February 6th, 2020Committee meeting

Scott Ross

Finance committee  She does send her regrets. She was waiting in the airport hoping to get here and certainly wanted to be here. Unfortunately, her flight was cancelled, so I'm here in her stead.

February 6th, 2020Committee meeting

Scott Ross

Finance committee  Thank you. My name is Scott Ross. I'm assistant executive director at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. For those who don't know, the CFA is Canada's largest general farm organization, representing 200,000 farm families across Canada from coast to coast. Through a unified

February 6th, 2020Committee meeting

Scott Ross