Budget leaves mixed bag for rural folks

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Farming organizations like the Grain Growers of Canada were left feeling 'disappointed' on Tuesday after the federal budget was released.

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO — Rural residents who heat their homes with oil or propane will receive a bigger carbon tax rebate this year if the federal budget is approved, but some farm groups say the document let them down.

"Struggling families cannot afford higher taxes and more inflationary spending that drives up the cost of everything and keeps interest rates high," Melillo said in a news release. The budget also includes $1.3 billion for high-speed internet service in rural Ontario, and more than $4 billion over seven years for a housing strategy that's to include rural and Indigenous communities.Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association president and Shuniah mayor, Wendy Landry, said she was still mulling the budget document on Wednesday.

Specifically, the grain growers claim the budget does nothing to address "transportation and supply-chain disruptions over the past years have impacted the confidence of some of the country's largest trading partners."

 

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