Western Standard - October 28, 2022


Sask to replace carbon tax with ‘Carbon Offset’ program

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carbon offset program
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Russ Morasty
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Length

2 minutes

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147.97

Word count

303

Sentence count

16


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The Saskatchewan government plans to create a carbon offset credit program to replace the federal carbon tax and other federal climate change programs. During the Throne Speech, Lieutenant Governor Russ Morasty said, "My government believes there are better ways to address climate change than the punitive taxes and ineffective regulations imposed by the federal government."

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00:00:00.000 The Saskatchewan government plans to create a carbon offset credit program to replace the federal carbon tax and other federal climate change programs.
00:00:07.680 During the throne speech, Lieutenant Governor Russ Morasty said,
00:00:11.000 My government believes there are better ways to address climate change than the punitive taxes and ineffective regulations imposed by the federal government.
00:00:19.140 Morasty said the program commits additional resources to support the Prairie Resilience Climate Change Strategy.
00:00:25.480 Morasty said the Made in Saskatchewan program will use voluntary carbon offset credits for producers and companies who have lower greenhouse gas emissions than the global averages.
00:00:36.600 Morasty said the credits can be kept or traded to other producers and companies to allow others to lower their carbon footprint.
00:00:44.100 Mo said the goal is to help Saskatchewan producers maximize their production, but sustainably.
00:00:49.260 Mo said the Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers are the very best in the world at what they do and succeeded during last year's severe drought because of their skilled knowledge, determination, and resilience.
00:01:00.680 Read the full story at westernstandard.news.
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