the Walnut Diary

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe did a press conference after meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in which he claims he pleaded the case of Saskatchewan farmers who would suffer greatly unless the carbon tax on propane for drying their crops was postponed for a year.

I looked up a few items and have concluded that Moe is full of it.

First, the carbon tax on propane in Saskatchewan is 3.1 cents per litre.  Propane is currently selling in the mid 60 cent range per litre.  At the beginning of this year it cost double that amount.  Now how is a 5% increase on a fuel selling for half price the cause of an existential crisis for these farmers?

Moe’s mendacity here undercuts the validity of anything else he has to say.