Posted on 07/23/2022 11:47:27 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
Provincial agriculture ministers are expressing frustration with the Trudeau government over plans to effectively reduce fertilizer use by Canada’s farmers in the name of fighting climate change.
A meeting of federal and provincial ministers wrapped up in Saskatoon on Friday with several provinces saying they are disappointed.
The federal government is looking to impose a requirement to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizers saying it is a greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. While the Trudeau government says they want a 30% reduction in emissions, not fertilizer, farm producer groups say that at this point, reducing nitrous oxide emissions can’t be done without reducing fertilizer use.
“Provinces were disappointed by the lack of flexibility and consultation regarding the federal target,” Ontario’s Lisa Thompson said after the meeting.
Several provincial governments, and organizations representing farmers have asked for emissions reductions from fertilizer to be measured via intensity – how much food is produced compared to the amount of fertilizer used. The Trudeau government is demanding an absolute reduction in emissions, which farmers say will result in less food being produced at a time when the world can ill afford it.
“The world is looking for Canada to increase production and be a solution to global food shortages. The Federal government needs to display that they understand this,” Alberta minister Nate Horner said.
“We’re really concerned with this arbitrary goal,” Saskatchewan’s David Marit said.
Federal minister Marie-Claude Bibeau called the government’s target ambitious but claims it’s one that farmers will embrace.
“I’m meeting with many farmers in the field. I know how much they care for the environment and how much they invest in new practices and new technologies to reduce their emissions as much as possible,” Bibeau said. “The idea is to produce the most sustainable food in the world.”
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You think Toronto and Quebec ever vote with the interests of Canadians in mind?
Hahahaha.
Satanic ghouls following Soros, Schwab & Satan.
TrueDope IS most foul.
Nitrogen already comprises more than three-quarters of every breath we take. We’re at the breaking point already.
Absolutely no one in the state-controlled media will admit it - but the truckers won the last contest over Covid mandates. Game, set, match.
If they organize the same again, they will win the entire country
Civilization is always only 8 meals away from anarchy. This does not end well.
“Disappointed,” they are. Disappointed.
Well, La-dee-frikkin’-dah!
They ruin your life for silly reasons, and all you are is “disappointed.”
You DESERVE your chains.
...on your KNEES, subject!! Serf. Peasant.
Ha! I’m from BC and an avowed western separatist. Everyone knows Kanada is a sham.
What force is driving governments to starve their people? What is the end game?
Complete takeover of the global food supply and land with central planning.
It can’t get any clearer, no fuel, no fertilizer, no electricity worldwide! The world’s ruling elite are set things up for the masses to literally starve to death. If their China virus doesn’t get you, no food or water certainly will.
Everything he does defies common sense.
They want to be the next Sri Lanka….no fertilizer equals no food…..also no diesel fuel no food…
Soy Boy Trudeau is just another wholly owned subsidiary of Soros Inc., and the World Economic Forum.
My neighbor runs an agronomy consulting company.
He says 6 dollar diesel is making transportation of crops across the country uneconomical in many cases and you’ll see stuff sit and rot rather than be shipped because it can’t be sold at a reasonable price.
Like America’s problems looming quickly, they will only be solved by truckers grinding all to a halt. No fertilizer, no food deliveries to the cities. Rural areas can usually weather the storms through local farmers markets and gardens.
Hungry people in the streets coming for their ruling class is all the elites understand. Elites don’t mind the Bastille being stormed as long as they are not in the building....
Sri Lanka coming to a theater near you.....
WWG1WGA!
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