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Trudeau’s nitrogen policy will decimate Canadian farming ! The Trudeau administration presented a new climate plan in December 2020 that aimed to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizer by 30% below 2020 levels by 2030. Like the video? Buy me a coffee ☕️ here — Fertilizers are crucial to the profitability of the agricultural industry and have helped produce record harvests over the past ten years. In a press release from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, it is said that they have contributed to gains in crop yields, grain sales, and exports from Canada. But there have also been considerable increases in nitrous oxide emissions, particularly those connected to the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. As part of its aim to lower Canada's total GHG emissions by 40 to 45 percent by 2030, the Canadian government has established a national objective to minimize fertilizer emissions. This is a covert acknowledgment that any attempt to reduce admissions by lowering nitrogen fertilizer will subsequently lower crop yields over the next ten years, harming the agriculture industry and, more significantly, hurting farmers. And indeed, as per a Fertilizer Canada report: Total emission reductions to a level 30 percent below 2020 levels limit overall fertilizer emissions. Since effective fertilizer application directly affects the production of Canadian crops, this places a cap on Canadian agricultural productivity substantially below levels expected in 2020. A farmer with 1000 acres of canola and 1000 acres of wheat who reduces emissions by 30% in absolute terms will see a profit reduction of $38,000 to $40,500 per year, according to estimates. Farmers in Western Canada planted canola on over 20.8 million acres in 2020. According to these figures, annual canola farm revenue reductions might range from $396 to $441 million. Farmers of wheat could lose $400 million. Furthermore, Fertilizer Canada thinks that reducing fertilizer use forcibly won't even reduce greenhouse gas emissions; instead, it could result in carbon leakage in other places. Despite this, Trudeau's administration is pressing forward, and farmer's groups have asked Farmers Forum whether he's deliberately trying to create a food shortage—which Trudeau had previously warned Canadians to brace for. “We've seen huge disruptions of supply chains around the world, from the worldwide pandemic to the war in Ukraine, leading to higher prices for consumers and democracies like ours, as well as severe and forecasted shortages of food and energy in various parts of the world,“, Trudeau said. Because of the war and the pandemic's recovery, he said, “This is going to be a challenging moment.“ Additionally, Canadians will support one another as we always have. Of course, Trudeau's administration isn't just concerned with cutting nitrogen emissions from fertilizer, which are essential to the farm sector's capacity to survive. Trudeau's climate policy has had a severe effect on every aspect of the economy. On April 1, Trudeau made the decision to increase the carbon tax by an additional 25% on the same day he granted himself a raise—which led to a general increase in prices. In a piece for The Counter Signal at the time, Alberta MP Shannon Stubbs stated the following: While Canadians are experiencing a greater than ever struggle due to skyrocketing prices for necessities like food, fuel, heating, and housing, the Liberal government is raising the tax on everything that contains carbon. The Liberals, of course, assert that the carbon price is “revenue neutral.“ That simply isn't true, either for Canadians or for governments. The GST collected on carbon taxes is estimated by the independent, nonpartisan Parliamentary Budget Officer to be more than $200 million annually, all of which goes directly to the government's coffers. The Conservatives tried to abolish this tax-on-tax in the past, but the Liberals stood their ground. Gas prices have increased to nearly $ per litre across Canada since the carbon tax was increased, with one Liberal candidate claiming that the “bright lining“ is that Canadians will be priced out of driving. And like other issues plaguing our failing economy, Trudeau doesn't seem to be doing much to address them, which is understandable given how frequently he is the cause. Thanks for watching. Please consider subscribing to the channel #podcast #foodshortage #agenda2030 #canada
