Saskatchewan climate change: Farmers call on province to step away from net-zero [Video]

Farmer are thinking about more than their crops this harvest. They’re talking about the upcoming Saskatchewan election and how provincial and federal policies may impact their economic future.

“What’s going on, a lot of conversation about net zero and the agreements that I think we are hastily getting involved with,” farmer Brad Hanmer told CTV News.

“I think we need to take pause and have a deep conversation around what outcomes a net zero 2050 agreement would be not only for agriculture but the energy sector as well as the mining sector.”

The Hanmers estimate that the carbon tax alone will impact their farm by $1.2 million dollars annually by 2030.

Higher electrical costs are just one of many factors.

“Well certainly through what the customers have paid through SaskPower and SaskEnergy bills alone based on the fuel sources that they use, so coal and natural gas, it’s I’d say over a billion dollars that customers have paid,” Minister …