Saxe, Ontario's new environment commissioner stands by her use of the term ‘subsidy,’ which she attributes to the OECD (Organization of Economically Developed Countries) definition.
“By the international definition, (of a subsidy) a change in a rate of tax is a subsidy,” Saxe asserts. “It is not a moral judgement.”
Farm leaders have forcefully argued that the exemption from the road tax of which Saxe speaks is not a subsidy. It’s an exemption for farm machinery fuel from a tax that is in place to support road maintenance. The coloured fuel can also be used to fuel construction machinery and diesel engines that run generators.
Call it what you will. She's a Greenie from way back, and we know whose side she favours. Prepare to fork over the dough.
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