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Stop Trudeau’s Reckless Climate Plans That Could Spark Food Shortages! Contact your Canadian MP & Senators NOW.
(LifeSiteNews) – Two Canadian farming industry groups have warned that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s goal of cutting fertilizer use by 30 percent would cause food production costs to skyrocket.
The Canola Council of Canada and Fertilizer Canada yesterday co-published an in-depth report which took to task many aspects of Trudeau’s radical climate plan targeting the Canadian agricultural industry.
“Fertilizer is one of the most important inputs for crops grown around the world. Farmers rely on nitrogen-based fertilizers to increase the amount of food they grow, putting food on tables across Canada and beyond,” reads the report. “Canada will have to balance the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer application against farm profitability, economic growth, and global food security. There is no free lunch in food production.”
The analysis concludes that farmers in Canada could only manage a 14 percent reduction in fertilizer use without impacting the nation’s food supplies.
However, a 30 percent reduction is not “realistically achievable” without severely impacting productivity and
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