Canadá continua à espera pela nova legislação do biodiesel

Canola growers and potential biodiesel producers in Western Canada are still waiting on an official start date for the country's federal two per cent biodiesel mandate, as the comparable five per cent mandate for renewable fuel in Canada's gasoline supply is set to go into effect Dec. 15.

Gordon Quaiattini, president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, said a firm date on when the biodiesel mandate will go into effect would help provide the certainty for the biodiesel production projects currently in the planning stages to move forward.

Canola producers in Western Canada recently started a letter-writing campaign to their members of Parliament in an effort to push the government forward.

The growers would like to see a biodiesel mandate in place, as it is expected to "create reliable and consistent demand for about one million tonnes of Canadian-grown canola," according to a letter to members from the Alberta Canola Producers Commission.

"What farmers are saying, and certainly what we're saying, is 'Let's get on with it,'" said Quaiattini.

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