00:05:45.380I DON'T KNOW, SOUNDS KIND OF FAMILIAR.
00:05:47.140OH, AND ALONG WITH THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO SEIZE THE FARMLAND OF, QUOTE, PEAK POLLUTERS,
00:05:51.620IT ALSO INCLUDES PLANS TO GET RID OF MILLIONS OF CATTLE AND PIGS.
00:05:55.460AND AFTER THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, DUTCH FARMERS ROSE UP LAST YEAR IN HISTORIC NUMBERS,
00:06:00.460TAKING A PAGE OUT OF THE FREEDOM CONVOY MOVEMENT AND SHOWING THEIR DEFIANCE TO MARK RUTTA'S AUTHORITARIAN CLIMATE POLICIES.
00:06:07.460THOSE PROTESTS RESULTED IN THE RESIGNATION OF THE DUTCH AGRICULTURAL MINISTER AND, THANKS TO THE RESULTS LAST WEEK, THE DEFEAT OF THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT IN THE SENATE ELECTIONS.
00:06:16.900NOW, THANKS TO SOME GREAT REPORTING FROM TRUE NORTH AND OTHER AILLETS, WE KNOW THAT JUSTIN TRUDEAU PLANS TO IMPLEMENT SIMILAR EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS ON CANADIANS.
00:06:24.820BUT TRUE NORTH'S EXCLUSIVE REPORTING, THE FERTILIZER FILES FROM COSMAN, GEORGIA, SHOW JUST HOW CLOSE JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S CLIMATE POLICIES ARE ALIGNED WITH MARK RUTTA'S.
00:06:34.180IN FACT, THE CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL MINISTER, MARIE-CLAUDE BIBO, HAS OPENLY SAID THAT THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES INSPIRATION FROM MARK RUTTA'S AUTHORITARIAN FARMING POLICIES.
00:06:44.180THROUGH ACCESS TO INFORMATION REQUESTS, TRUE NORTH WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN INTERNAL AGRICULTURE CANADA DOCUMENTS.
00:06:50.180AND FROM THAT, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND.
00:06:52.180A COPY OF A SPEECH DELIVERED BY AGRICULTURAL MINISTER MARIE-CLAUDE BIBO THAT SAME YEAR AS PART OF A SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WEBINAR WITH EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS WENT EVEN FURTHER,
00:07:02.180DESCRIBING CANADA'S MEASURE AS QUOTE VERY CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH FERTILIZER REDUCTION TARGETS IN THE EU'S FARM TO FORK STRATEGY.
00:07:10.180AND GIVEN THAT FERTILIZER ACCOUNTS FOR A LARGE CHUNK OF AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT ADVISING THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY IN CANADA MIGHT BE A WISE CHOICE BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THESE TARGETS.
00:07:20.180ESPECIALLY HOW DUTCH FARMERS REACTED TO SIMILAR TARGETS BEING PLACED ON THEM.
00:07:24.180BUT WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED? THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO ADVISE THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY.
00:07:29.180THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO ADVISE FARMERS WHOSE LIVES WOULD BE UPENDED BY THESE EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS.
00:07:34.180THEY JUST HAD TO DO IT ANYWAY. BECAUSE IN THE NAME OF CLIMATE, AS WE ALL KNOW, YOU HAVE TO CONTROL THE FARMERS, YOU HAVE TO CONTROL THE FOOD SUPPLY.
00:07:40.180DANIEL KELTER, THE SENIOR MANAGER OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR FERTILIZER CANADA, WENT ON TO EXPLAIN IN AN EMAIL TO TRUE NORTH THAT THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY WAS NOT CONSULTED ON THE 30% EMISSION REDUCTION GOAL.
00:07:52.180EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING IN THIS FIELD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND IT ASKED AGRICULTURE CANADA FOR COOPERATION ON THIS EXACT ISSUE A NUMBER OF TIMES.
00:08:01.180FORTILIZER CANADA WROTE A PUBLIC REPORT TO CANADIANS WARNING THEM THAT IF THIS EMISSION REDUCTION TARGET WENT AHEAD, FARMERS COULD STAND TO LOSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE NAME OF FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE.
00:08:12.180THE SITUATION IN THE NEDERLANDS AND THE SITUATION IN CANADA ARE TOO SIMILAR NOT TO MENTION.
00:08:16.180YOU HAVE TWO UNPOPULAR YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS IN MARK RUTTA AND JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
00:08:21.180BOTH HELLBENT ON SAVING THE PLANET THROUGH CRIPPLING EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS AND OTHER RIDICULOUS CLIMATE GOALS.
00:08:28.180DESPERATELY HOLDING ON TO POWER BY SIGNING AGREEMENTS WITH FAR LEFT PARTIES.
00:08:35.180SO WHY HASN'T THIS HAPPENED IN CANADA?
00:08:38.180COULD A SIMILAR SINGLE ISSUE PARTY WIN A PROVINCIAL OR EVEN A FEDERAL ELECTION?
00:08:43.180TAKE SOME SEAT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS?
00:08:45.180ALL WE'VE SEEN SO FAR IN CANADA ARE SMALL SCALE UNSUCCESSFUL AMATURE IMITATIONS OF WHAT THE FARMER CITIZEN MOVEMENT HAS BECOME IN THE NEDERLANDS.
00:08:53.180BUT GIVEN THE SIMILARITIES OF OUR COUNTRIES AND OUR PRIME MINISTERS, YOU'D BE KIDDING YOURSELF IF YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT JUSTIN TRUDEAU
00:08:59.180WASN'T LOOKING AT THIS RESULT AND GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS.
00:09:02.180ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US TODAY ON THE SHOW.