{"id":1569779,"date":"2022-07-25T11:50:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1569779"},"modified":"2022-07-25T11:50:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:50:33","slug":"canada-joins-the-netherlands-in-declaring-climate-crazed-war-on-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-joins-the-netherlands-in-declaring-climate-crazed-war-on-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Joins The Netherlands In Declaring Climate-Crazed War On Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanada-joins-the-netherlands-in-declaring-climate-crazed-war-on-farmers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1569779&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In his latest bid to amass greater control of Canadian society, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to move forward with his government\u2019s plan to reduce nitrogen emissions by limiting fertilizer use among Canadian farmers.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation came following a Friday meeting between Trudeau and Canadian provincial ministers, where the prime minister unexpectedly announced his decision to cap fertilizer emissions by unilaterally targeting the country\u2019s agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFertilizer emissions reduction was not even a topic on the agenda of the annual meeting of Federal-Provincial-Territorial ministers of agriculture,\u201d a joint Alberta-Saskatchewan government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/government\/news-and-media\/2022\/july\/22\/governments-of-saskatchewan-and-alberta-disappointed-in-federal-target-for-fertilizer-emissions-redu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a> reads. \u201cProvinces pushed the federal government to discuss this important topic, but were disappointed to learn that the target is already set. The commitment to future consultations are only to determine how to meet the target that Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Bibeau have already unilaterally imposed on this industry, not to consult on what is achievable or attainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As referenced in the press release, the targets set by the federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.canada.ca\/en\/about-our-department\/transparency-and-corporate-reporting\/public-opinion-research-and-consultations\/share-ideas-fertilizer-emissions-reduction-target\/discussion-document-reducing-emissions-arising-application-fertilizer-canadas-agriculture-sector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">include<\/a> a bid \u201cto reduce absolute levels of [greenhouse gas] emissions arising from fertilizer application by 30% below 2020 levels by 2030,\u201d which the Trudeau administration previously announced in December 2020. While Trudeau has not publicly released specific mandates, the provincial governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/government\/news-and-media\/2022\/july\/22\/governments-of-saskatchewan-and-alberta-disappointed-in-federal-target-for-fertilizer-emissions-redu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blasting the prime minister<\/a> for advancing the policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really concerned with this arbitrary goal,\u201d said Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture David Marit. \u201cThe Trudeau government has apparently moved on from their attack on the oil and gas industry and set their sights on Saskatchewan farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Minister of Agriculture Nate Horner\u00a0echoed similar sentiments, saying that \u201c[t]he world is looking for Canada to increase production and be a solution to global food shortages\u201d and that the \u201cFederal government needs to display that they understand this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot feed the growing world population with a reduction in fertilizer,\u201d the two governments added.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Canadian government has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/agriculture-agri-food\/news\/2022\/03\/government-seeks-guidance-on-path-towards-reducing-emissions-associated-with-fertilizer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously implied<\/a> that it wishes to reach the 30 percent reduction target \u201cwhile not compromising crop yields,\u201d such a policy prescription would seemingly do just that. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/fertilizercanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Emissions-Reduction-Initiative-Impacts-Solutions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021 analysis<\/a> by Fertilizer Canada, Trudeau\u2019s \u201cshort-sighted approach to reducing emissions will result in the need to reduce nitrogen fertilizer use and will have considerable impact on Canadian farmers\u2019 incomes\u201d and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is estimated that a 30% absolute emission reduction for \u2026 a farmer with 1000 acres of canola and 1000 acres of wheat, stands to have their profit reduced by approximately $38,000 \u2013 $40,500\/annually,\u201d the report estimates. \u201cIn 2020, Western Canadian farmers planted approximately 20.8 million acres of canola. Using these values, cumulatively farm revenues from canola could be reduced by $396M \u2013 $441M on an annual basis. Wheat fa[r]mers could experience a reduction of $400M.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau\u2019s brazen targeting of farmers isn\u2019t the first time the Canadian prime minister has attempted to utilize government force against everyday workers. Earlier this year, Trudeau employed the Emergencies Act to go after Canadian truckers protesting the federal government\u2019s Covid vaccine mandate on the industry and went on to smear the protesters as extremists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday in the House, Members of Parliament unanimously condemned the antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, homophobia, and transphobia that we\u2019ve seen on display in Ottawa over the past number of days,\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau\/status\/1488660359422648320?s=20&#038;t=rdgYFOK0cpO0jGekrYpeWA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0in reference to the protesters. \u201cTogether, let\u2019s keep working to make Canada more inclusive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crusade against farmers by power-hungry governments is also not exclusive to Canada. In the Netherlands, government officials have similarly implemented a series of measures to curb fertilizer use in the name of climate change. Such policies have been met with significant pushback by Dutch farmers, who have been engaged in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/06\/dutch-government-launches-canadian-style-crackdown-on-farmer-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nationwide protests<\/a> for the past several weeks.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is an intern at The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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