Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, over strenuous objections from provincial agriculture ministers, is moving ahead with a program that will severely cripple, if not entirely destroy, his country’s farmers by reducing the amount of available fertilizer. Trudeau’s alleged goal is to reduce nitrous oxide emissions, thus canceling summer … er, reducing global warming.
A July 22nd release by Saskatchewan’s government details local officials’ frustration with Trudeau’s plan.
“We’re really concerned with this arbitrary goal,” Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture David Marit said. “The Trudeau government has apparently moved on from their attack on the oil and gas industry and set their sights on Saskatchewan farmers.”
“This has been the most expensive crop anyone has put in, following a very difficult year on the prairies,” Alberta Minister of Agriculture Nate Horner said. “The world is looking for Canada to increase production and be a solution to global food shortages. It is important that the Federal government shows they are aware of this. They owe it to our producers.”
The subject did not come up during recent government meeting. Although Canadian provinces do not enjoy the autonomy level within Canada that states do within the US, one would like to believe Ottawa would at least hear out the ones with the most first-hand information on such matters… oh, who am I kidding.
Fertilizer emissions reduction was not even a topic on the agenda of the annual meeting of Federal-Provincial-Territorial ministers of agriculture, who just finished 3 days of meetings in Saskatchewan. Although the provinces demanded that the federal government address the important issue, they were surprised to discover that this goal was already in place. Further consultations can only determine the best way to achieve the goal that Prime Minister Trudeau has unilaterally placed on this industry. They will not consult about what is possible.
The press release reveals that there’s a real danger beyond forcing farmers to give up on their farms and to sell it to Bill Gates. Namely, world hunger, although this is no great surprise given how the eco-freakos would cheerfully see everyone except them wiped out–if it meant preserving one more daffodil.
Western Canadian farmers already produce the most sustainable agri-food products in the world, and they’re continually being asked to do more with less. A reduction in fertilizer is not enough to feed the world’s growing population.
Western Canadian fertilizer producers use realistic goals that are based on the availability of moisture. Producers are conservative in the use of fertilizer inputs and don’t add more than what is needed. This shortsighted policy will have a devastating impact on their lives.
What’s more, Canadian farmers already practice common sense fertilizer use, unlike the extreme amounts of same pumped out daily from Ottawa.
4R Nutrient Stewardship, a Canadian-made approach to environmental stewardship that uses science-based nutrient management best practices, is an example of made-in Canada. This partnership shows how government, industry, and farmers can work together in order to create better environment outcomes. Nearly all the land under 4R management is located in Canada’s Western Canada.
As noted here at RedState, the Sri Lankan revolution and ongoing farmer-led protests in the Netherlands demonstrate both the utter fallacy of believing politically/environmentally correct farming methods work and that sufficient provoking will cause popular uprising. Also, as noted here, the totalitarian crackdown on Canadian trucker protests in February 2022 demonstrates the authentically fascist methods Canada is more than willing to use on its own people in order to preserve Trudeau’s authoritarian rule.
These “leaders,” apparently secret Stalin admirers, would cheerfully watch the world starve to meet their insane, inhuman environmental demands. You wonder if they will have to fill up grocery stores with empty shelves in order for the public to see that the Stanley Cup win by Canada since 1993 is not the most pressing problem.
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