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NDP look to bolster soil health with new legislation
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Sask farmers say new federal funding for greener farms a good start, but more clarity needed
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Fields, vineyards, orchards, and ranches could soon see their greenhouse gas emissions plummet thanks to unprecedented support from the federal government.
Monday s 2021 federal budget announced about $270 million in funding over two years to help farmers transition to climate-friendly practices. More than two-thirds of that is to support farmers transitioning to better nitrogen fertilizer and livestock management practices. The remainder is earmarked to help farmers power their farms with clean energy, and to protect trees and wetlands on arable land.
“This is one of the largest investments we’ve ever seen made in agriculture, and certainly the most significant when it comes to direct investment,” said Karen Ross, director of Farmers for Climate Solutions, a coalition of farmer organizations pushing to make farms more sustainable. “With this investment, we’re set to adopt practices even this season that will jump-start emissions reductions in our sector.”
With
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland poised to deliver her inaugural budget speech on Monday afternoon, the Star’s Heather Scoffield has a sneak peek of what to expect: an across-the-board extension of “all the main pandemic-support programs until the coming fall,” as well as “a completely new benefit that subsidizes employers for hiring more people, or increasing the hours their employees work.”
In putting together what was once expected to be the first
post-pandemic budget, Freeland “has devoted much of her attention to plotting a long-term recovery strategy for the country, with child-care funding, inclusivity, and environmentally sustainable growth at the centre,” Scoffield notes.
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