Interesting Day

[Hamloc]

Right now in the process of building a farm shop. 3 things of interest developed from this in relation to the carbon tax this week. Building supplier phones and tells me I better get the metal ordered for finishing the inside, his wholesaler has called and the price is going up 30 cents a lineal foot Jan. 1. Considering the present price was 2.47 a foot that is over a 10% increase. Then having a bullshit with the backhoe guy after putting in the septic tank he said he was raising his rates 10% after the new year has no choice his costs are going up. Then I was talking to the concrete guy who delivered the septic tank, he said supplier won't give a firm price but it looks like the carbon tax is going to increase the cost of concrete powder by 20-30%. Hey said concrete powder makes up 65% of the cost of concrete. Now for all you enviro nuts who say the carbon tax won't affect prices very much, you are full of shit! Imagine how this increased cost of concrete will affect our wonderful Prime Ministers infrastructure projects!

[furrowtickler]

Hmmmm who woulda thunk .
Even if We get a petty rebate on the fuel we burn , the rest of our costs will be bore by us. Take 10-20% off your net income going foreward regardless of any "rebate"

[15444]

Hmmmm who woulda thunk .
Even if We get a petty rebate on the fuel we burn , the rest of our costs will be bore by us. Take 10-20% off your net income going foreward regardless of any "rebate"

I am not betting that we get any rebate for farm fuel. The old man was full of shit and so is the son.

[SASKFARMER3]

I said it before and I'll say it again, he's a idiot who is going to kill this country with his bullshit ideas.

[Oliver88]

CNR fuel cost increases
CPR fuel cost increases
Port costs increase eventually to $50/tonne.
Canola crusher expenses increasing in Alberta
Fertilizer plant increases in Alberta
Eventual electricity cost increase as coal powered power plants being phased out and more unreliable sources are used.
All freight coming in from east coast or west coast will increase.
Poor people get to spend more on groceries and staple goods.
Canadian businesses will have an unfair advantage against USA, Australia, Russia, Ukraine, etc.

Will there be a net decrease in GHG? Only if there is a severe recession and the economic activity drops off enough.

The only way to turn the tide on these insane policies is Ontario to wake up and vote out the federal Liberals.......until than we will watch the dumpster fire burn.

[farmaholic]

There's 34 months left to watch it burn before you have a chance for change...if there's no change the dumpster fire turns into a grease fire.

Do you honestly think the Drama Selfie King is driving policy....hardly. Ah we aaa will make ah ah gasp Canada great aa a ah again.....

[ajl]

Economic activity in Canuckistan will come to a standstill In Q1 while people try to assess the impact of the tax. If any good will come out of this it will be that the NDP will disappear forever.

[grassfarmer]

Yeah Hamloc I spoke to the fertilizer dealer yesterday and they told me i'd better get it bought before year end as price is going up in the New Year. Damn Trudeau/Notley/Carbon Tax hey?

[bucket]

The tax in Saskatchewan hasn't been forced on us yet ....but companies have found a way to jack prices. ...fuel fertilizer.....

No one says anything on behalf of consumers.


Wouldn't it be nice to jack up our commodity prices because of the carbon tax a year in advance.....then they would say the Americans and others don't have a carbon tax and you are competing against them....tough shit.

Grates me every day.......this tax will cost jobs......

[chuckChuck]

The carbon tax is not even in place and suppliers are increasing their prices on old inventory made without carbon tax?

Sounds like an opportunity to blame the carbon tax for price increases even when you don't know why they are increasing prices.

Are there other reasons the prices are going up? So before the carbon tax did you ever see prices rise for some unknown or known reason? I have often seen complaints in the past about farm input prices rising on Agriville.

Why is it that gas prices often rise before the long weekends in the summer?

This is a great opportunity to blame all price increases on the carbon tax and reaffirm your hatred of Notley and Trudeau.