B.C. greenhouse growers who feel the provincial carbon tax has put them at a competitive disadvantage got some good news this week.
On Tuesday (April 3), Minister of Agriculture Don McRae visited Village Farms in East Ladner to announce that B.C.'s greenhouse vegetable and floriculture growers will receive $7.6 million from the province in carbon tax relief.
"Our industry competes in markets with growers who do not pay a carbon tax," McRae told a gathering of politicians, media and industry representatives all clad in white booties and smocks to protect the greenhouse environment. "We want our growers to focus on maintaining their competitive edge and building B.C.'s half-billion-dollar-a-year greenhouse industry," he added.
The B.C. Greenhouse Growers' Association will distribute $6 million in grants for greenhouse vegetable growers, and the United Flower Growers Cooperative Association will administer $1.6 million in grants for greenhouse floriculture growers.
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