A Conservative private member’s bill has passed the House of Commons that aims to remove the federal carbon tax from natural gas and propane used on farms for vital activities such as grain drying and the heating of barns.
Bill C-234, sponsored by Conservative MP Ben Lobb, passed third reading on March 29 by a vote of 176–146.
Both the Bloc Québécois and the NDP voted in favour of sending the bill to the Senate for further consideration.
Voting against the bill were 145 Liberal MPs along with Independent MP Han Dong, who recently resigned from the Liberal caucus amid allegations that he had advised a Chinese diplomat in Toronto in 2021 that Beijing should delay releasing detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor….