The Western Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWG) are dumbfounded Canada’s Chief Science Advisor admitted she knew nothing about how Trudeau’s mandated fertilizer reductions would affect food production.. Farm Tractor Fertilizer .During a Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research meeting, Dr. Mona Nemer told the committee she was not asked or determined if the fertilizer reductions would have an effect..Through a Freedom of Information request, the WCWGs obtained documents showing Trudeau’s government knows reducing fertilizer will reduce food production..“Documents from Ottawa recently obtained through Freedom of Information back this up,” said WCWG President Gunter Jochum..“Ottawa knows fertilizer reduction in the name of taking action on climate change will result in a reduction of crop output in Canada.”.READ MORE Farmers skeptical of Trudeau’s new agriculture plan.Trudeau’s government knows food prices will go up and Canada will have to get food from other countries that could have higher emissions..Jochum said there will be an “increase in prices and costs to consumers.”.“Reducing crop output in the name of climate change alone is bad for the environment because production will shift to other countries that may have a larger emission footprint than Canada. The government knows this, but consumers need to know it too.”.Jochum said “more and more government departments are failing to deliver on their mandates, and are being ideologically captured.”.Nemer’s mandate is to study and advise the government on science-related policies.. Farm in Canada .“The Office of the Chief Science Advisor provides advice on issues related to science and government policies that support it. This includes advising on ways to ensure that scientific knowledge is considered in public policy decisions and that government science is fully available to the public,” is Nemer’s official mandate..Jochum said “we see this in Agriculture Canada, and now in the office of the Chief Science Advisor.”.READ MORE Trudeau government announces an agriculture strategy to meet climate change goals.Jochum is appalled that Nemer is not studying the effects of Trudeau’s fertilizer reduction plan on the food supply as food prices are “skyrocketing.”.“At a time of food insecurity and skyrocketing consumer prices for basic food staples, to fail to consider the impact on the food supply of fertilizer reductions is frankly appalling,” said Jochum..“Canadians deserve [a] public policy that's based on science and common sense. Neither supports reducing the Canadian food supply at this time, and that's what mandated fertilizer cuts will do. For the government not to subject this policy to scientific analysis says one thing clearly. They don’t care if consumers face even higher prices and more food insecurity.”
