Source: Pierre Poilievre and Chrystia Freeland HOC

Angus Reid Institute study finds more than half of Canadians are struggling to eat. Liberals think that it’s more important to take climate action than Canadians having food.
Source: Pierre Poilievre and Chrystia Freeland HOC pic.twitter.com/iWED5jhZhq

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) September 30, 2022

The Save Old Growth group said targets have included the Gastown steam clock, artist Douglas Coupland’s Digital Orca sculpture, the Olympic torch, Science World and the CBC’s offices.

The group, which distributed a photo of the steam clock covered with slogans, said it painted the messages as a reminder of what it called the B.C. government’s “broken promises” on logging.

This day 25 years ago, along with other @Greenpeace activists, I stood with the Nuxalk First Nation & was arrested by Canadian police after a 19 day blockade preventing logging of old growth temperate rainforest in B.C.
The #GreatBearRainforest is now protected. #ActivismWorks pic.twitter.com/4Z4oahNfbw

— Cllr. Cristíona Kiely (@Cristiona_Kiely) June 24, 2022

Constable Tania Visintin said in a statement that Vancouver police are “investigating the mischief to the steam clock.”

Save Old Growth said its actions coincided with Overshoot Day, which is designed to mark the date when humanity has used up all biological resources the planet is capable of regenerating each year.

A blockade put up by activists who say they are fighting to save old growth forests on Vancouver Island will be allowed to continue for another three weeks.

The B.C. Supreme Court granted a three-week adjournment for the protesters’ legal team to build their defense. pic.twitter.com/DXjwGOS1Pu

— APTN News (@APTNNews) March 6, 2021

The group was previously behind road blockades, but said at the end of June it would “de-escalate” such actions and instead turn to other tactics.

Those road blockades saw dozens of people arrested and triggered major traffic disruptions in Vancouver and elsewhere.

Strict nitrogen and ammonia emissions caps by the Dutch government have sparked nationwide protests. Tens of thousands of farmers and their supporters have formed convoys throughout the country demanding a referendum on government measures.

We can’t let this happen here. We need to stand with our Canadian farm families #cdnag #cdnpoli #agriculture pic.twitter.com/bTspkSTTB3

— John Barlow (@JohnBarlowMP) July 15, 2022

Member’s of the Conservative party are expressing their concern for Canadian farmers.  MP John Barlow warns Canada about the EU farmers crisis “The Liberals are following the same farm to fork agenda”. “We could be seeing the exact same thing here in Canada” says Barlow.

In 2020 Trudeau government unveiled their new climate plan, with a focus on reducing nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizer by 30% below 2020 levels by 2030.

Fertilizers play a major role in the agriculture sector’s success and have contributed to record harvests in the last decade. However, nitrous oxide emissions, particularly those associated with synthetic nitrogen fertilizer use have also grown significantly. That is why the Government of Canada has set the national fertilizer emissions reduction target, which is part of the commitment to reduce total GHG emissions in Canada by 40-45% by 2030.

Any attempt to lower admissions by reducing nitrogen fertilizer will consequently lower crop yields over the next decade, hurting the Agriculture sector and, more importantly, hurting farmers.

The Netherlands

The food supply shortage in supermarkets. The Netherlands is the second-largest exporter of agriculture in the world. The farmer’s protest and blockade has huge repercussions for the global food supply chain.

No farmers, no food.pic.twitter.com/aB9HSGrpO6

— James Melville (@JamesMelville) July 9, 2022

Fertilizer Canada doesn’t believe that forcibly decreasing fertilizer use will even lower greenhouse gases but could lead to carbon leakage elsewhere.

Nonetheless, Trudeau’s government is moving forward, with farmer’s groups speaking to Farmers Forum now.