SURREY – The B.C. government will provide the greenhouse sector with permanent carbon tax relief, announced Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick and Finance Minister Michael de Jong during a visit to Burnaby Lake Greenhouses in Surrey. Budget 2013 provides a new, permanent grant program to help offset carbon tax costs for commercial greenhouse growers.
The 2013 grant program covers commercial greenhouse sectors, including vegetable and floriculture growers, wholesale production and forest seedling nurseries.
Eligibility criteria will be similar to those for the 2012 temporary carbon tax relief grant program for commercial greenhouse vegetable and floriculture growers. The grant will be available for 2013 and future years, and will be set at 80 per cent of the carbon tax paid on natural gas and propane used for heating and CO2 production.
Interested producers should visit – www.gov.bc.ca/agri – or contact their respective industry association for application forms, details and deadlines. Application packages will be available before May 1, 2013.
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