FARMERS ON THE FRONTLINE
The Highwire with Del Bigtree
The Highwire with Del Bigtree
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🗓️ 6 August 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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#CanadianFarmers #Agenda2030 #FoodCrisis #FertilizerShortage
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| 0:00.0 | We covered the Netherlands about two weeks ago. |
| 0:03.0 | Those farmers were up in arms because of a climate push that the government was doing. |
| 0:07.1 | They wanted them to have a large percentage of emissions from fertilizers cut, |
| 0:11.7 | which meant life's getting rid of livestock. |
| 0:14.2 | And so we're seeing that same push here in Canada with Trudeau and his administration. |
| 0:20.2 | And what's happening in Canada this just last week, |
| 0:23.3 | and now it's kind of running really fast. |
| 0:25.2 | Here's the headline, |
| 0:25.8 | if farmers feel ignored as Trudeau government pushes them to reduce emissions. |
| 0:30.1 | This is emissions of nitrous oxide fertilizer. |
| 0:32.9 | So when they put fertilizer on the ground that releases this, |
| 0:35.8 | and then also with the manure and the urine from cows, |
| 0:38.8 | that's releasing that as well. |
| 0:40.7 | And so it says in the article here, |
| 0:42.1 | there was no prior consultation. |
| 0:44.6 | There has been no modeling or analysis provided to explain this 30% target. |
| 0:48.8 | It appears to have been pulled out of thin air, one industry source said. |
| 0:52.1 | In fact, the reduction target wasn't even developed by Agriculture Canada. |
| 0:55.8 | It was the work of environmental and climate change Canada, |
| 0:59.0 | which is why neither farmer nor industry groups were consulted. |
| 1:02.7 | And sure enough, days after that, the headlines look like this. |
| 1:05.8 | As they did in the Netherlands, Trudeau fertilizer emissions |
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