Government Relations

Changes to the Federal Fuel Charge (Carbon Tax) Rates

UFA Corporate Communications | March 24, 2022

Changes to the Federal Fuel Charge (Carbon Tax) rates The Federal Fuel Charge (Carbon Tax) will be increasing on April 1, 2022 in all applicable provinces, including Alberta and Saskatchewan. Please see the table below for the list of the relevant read more...

Provincial Budget 2022

UFA Corporate Communications | February 25, 2022

Yesterday President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance Travis Toews, tabled his fourth budget aptly titled “Moving Forward” that defined the priorities for the UCP government as they focus on the endemic, job creation and investment attraction read more...

Have your voice heard - Absolute Emissions Reduction Policy

UFA Corporate Communications | October 28, 2021

Fertilizer: Reducing Emissions, Increasing Competitiveness In December 2020, the Government of Canada released A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy – a plan which pledges to reduce emissions from fertilizer by 30% below 2020 levels. In initial read more...

Canadian government announces $340M for struggling Alberta livestock producers

UFA Corporate Communications | September 9, 2021

The 2021 Canada-Alberta Livestock Feed Assistance Initiative now makes $340 million available to cover feed and water access costs for breeding female livestock. In August, the Government of Alberta announced an AgriRecovery response, a federal read more...

Agriculture Leaders Debate to be held September 9

UFA Corporate Communications | September 5, 2021

The Agriculture Leaders Debate, hosted by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), is taking place on Thursday, September 9th at 5 p.m. MT. The debate will feature the current Minister of Agriculture as well as representatives from the read more...

AgriRecovery funding increased up to $500 million to support farmers

UFA Corporate Communications | August 18, 2021

The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, recently announced that the Government of Canada has increased total AgriRecovery funding to up to $500 million to address extraordinary costs faced by producers due to read more...

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