He’s coming ... and you can’t stop him..He will destroy your economy, your livelihood. Your children’s future, and their children too. He’s as cold and unthinking as they come. Ruthless, in his own way..In fact, he wants to kill your oil industry. He wants to ban your fertilizers. And he wants to bury you in carbon taxes and emission cuts..Yet, he seeks power. More and more power, over your lives..I’m speaking to Canada’s great prairie provinces — Manitoba and Saskatchewan..And the threat is real. And it’s based in Ottawa led by a former drama teacher with nice hair — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal cohorts, who all fall into line like a kindergarten class..Pathetically into line, however..Ladies and gents, if the Trudeau Liberals get in for another term, defeating PC Leader Pierre Marcel Poilievre, it could spark a reaction that has the potential to tear the country apart.. Wheat .If Trudeau's disastrous policies — crackpot green policies with no connection to reality — continue to unfold as planned, the impact could unravel Canada’s economy and the political fabric that holds us together..Prairie farmers say this is not the time to reduce fertilizer use, as Canada is already a world leader in low-emission farming techniques. They say the government’s edict (without consultation, mind you) to reduce emissions from fertilizer use in the country by 30% by 2030 would be deeply detrimental..“If you take those nutrients away, we will grow less. That would be detrimental to our profit. What that means for Canadians is higher food prices, we do not need higher food prices,” Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association Dir. Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel told Global News..Jolly-Nagel was shocked the Trudeau government would add another hurdle to farmers on top of the carbon tax, putting farmers in a tighter spot than ever..“We have the highest quality crop techniques in the world in Canada. We need to continue that growth, not deplete our crop yield.”.“We haven’t really seen a lack of food on the shelves in Canada, but that may happen to a bigger extent if we continue this road,” she told Global News..What's the cost of this wayward policy?.A report commissioned by the Western Canadian Wheat Growers put a price tag on Trudeau’s virtue, with a 30% reduction on fertilizer costing Saskatchewan $4.61 billion, Alberta $2.95 billion, and Manitoba $1.58 billion dollars. And that's not the grand total; that's just for the spring canola and wheat crops. All because of a “Wizard of Oz” green dreamland in the head of a total fool..Seeking international glory at the opening of the UN climate summit in Glasgow in 2021, Trudeau doubled down on his campaign promise to impose greenhouse-gas emissions caps on Canada’s oil-and-gas industry, the Globe reported..Trudeau’s government wants a 42% reduction in emissions from the oil and gas sector as part of Canada’s plan to meet its 2030 emissions-reduction goal..That's despite the fact provinces are leading the way on reducing emissions and driving the transition to new sources of energy..In her open letter to Trudeau, UCP Leader Danielle Smith wrote: “It is worth noting Canada’s oil sands operators announced plans to spend $24 billion on emission-reduction projects by 2030 as part of their commitment to reach net zero by 2050. All of this amounts to a herculean effort undertaken by industry partners, and Alberta’s government, to position ourselves as the foremost leader in emissions reduction and responsible energy production.”.It’s not like we are sitting here, doing nothing. It’s just Ottawa doesn’t listen and doesn’t care. And why is that the case? Why do they ignore us? Why are they aloof?. Trudeau with MorneauPrime Minister Trudeau congratulates Finance Minister Bill Morneau after he delivered the annual federal budget on March 19, 2019. A year later, Morneau resigned as both finance minister, and Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre. In a book he wrote later, he offered a frank and not always compiimentary assessment of the prime minister's leadership skills. .In former Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s latest book, Where To From Here: A Path to Canadian Prosperity (ECW Press), he recounts how all his advice to the Trudeau administration was roundly ignored..According to a review in the Globe & Mail, Morneau got into politics because he wanted to improve Canada’s dismal economic productivity within an environmentally responsible and socially progressive framework..He got out because he lost respect for you-know-who. His insider’s account features a highly unflattering account of a prime minister who never really learned how to lead. Morneau preferred a managerial approach to solving problems: collaborating with colleagues to set goals and craft strategies to meet them. But he found the prime minister to be aloof and distant, the Globe reported..But the biggest problem for Morneau was his failure of leadership. “I came to realize while his performance skills were superb, his management and interpersonal communication abilities were sorely lacking.”.Let’s face it, our leader is not a leader. Canada desperately needs change, and the sooner the better..Which brings us back to Canada’s Prairie provinces..According to Wikipedia, the Prairies grow enough wheat and canola to rank us among the top three exporting nations in the world..The mines of Saskatchewan produce and ship more critical potassium fertilizer than any other country — a billion tonnes per year..The province is also among the world’s largest exporters of beef and a top exporter of lentils..It made nearly $15 million selling leases during the 2021-22 fiscal year — an increase of 131%, the CBC reported..Meanwhile, Manitoba's agriculture sector is a significant economic driver, employing more than 23,000 people and contributing $4.5 billion to the provincial GDP in 2019..Why in God’s name would Ottawa want to mess with this success? Why?.It’s mind-boggling, it really is. History has shown us trying to micro-manage economies just doesn’t work. And I would not be surprised if the Prairies, which includes Alberta by the way, took matters in their own hands..Mr. Trudeau is very lucky — very, very lucky — we don't have a Rene Levesque or a Peter Lougheed to take the reins of Western independence..To quote that line in Peter Gabriel’s Biko, “You can blow out a candle … but you can’t blow out a fire.”.Canada — a once great country — is clearly on the brink. A Prairie storm is brewing, and the boffins in Ottawa don’t have a clue.
