@mindingottawa confirms the CEO of Farm Credit Canada cited Fidel Castro as someone she admires during an “Ask Me Anything” session with employees last fall.
Farm Credit Canada is a Crown corporation operating under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Canada Thrives
Three Agriculture Agri-Food Canada research and development centres and four satellite research farms will close, the federal government has confirmed Friday.
Research and development centres at Guelph, Ont., Quebec City, Que., and Lacombe, Alta., will close, an AAFC spokesperson said in a statement on Friday afternoon.
Satellite research farms at Nappan, N.S., Scott, Sask., Indian Head, Sask. and Portage la Prairie, Man., will also close.
We Need A Famine
The people who want to ban Round-Up are the people who want us to eat fake meat.
And defying all odds, farmers who sprayed first generation (now banned) crop herbicides from open tractors are still around in their 80-90's. https://t.co/8GDpyelrvi
— Katewerk (@katewerk) November 24, 2025
Victims Of Success
New Governor, Same As The Old Governor
He’s just not that into us.
We Need A Famine
Introduce a feed additive that interferes with a complex and unique digestive process that evolved over millions of years. What could possibly go wrong?
Meanwhile at COP 30…
Higher Learning?
The Food Professor sat down to talk to some University of Montreal grad students the other day. The feedback he got confirms the suspicions of many that most universities have never altered their mission to graduate as many Marxists as possible.
Spoke with a group of graduate students and faculty today. The consensus in the room was clear: they believe food companies shouldn’t be allowed to make a profit, and meat consumption should be banned or at least heavily discouraged.
Thread reader here.
Who Do You Think You Are?
Dairy farmers?
Blacklock’s- Put Lost Sales At $1.6B So Far
Parliament must be prepared to compensate canola farmers for lost income if a trade war with China persists past Christmas, growers yesterday told the Commons agriculture committee. Losses to date are near $2 billion, said the Canadian Canola Growers Association.
Obviously We Need To Shut It All Down
University of British Columbia- Canadian crops beat global emissions—even after 17 trips across the Atlantic
Canadian-grown wheat, canola and peas have some of the lowest carbon footprints in the world—so low that, in some cases, they could be shipped to Europe 17 times before matching the emissions of the same crops grown there.
Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa
The more things stay the same, the more things stay the same.
Why Are We Trading Our Breadbasket for a Battery Pack?
In protecting a shaky electric vehicle dream, Ottawa is putting a $43-billion canola reality at risk — sacrificing a cornerstone of our agricultural economy for a battery pack that may never deliver. […]
The backdrop to all of this is Ottawa’s high-stakes bet on the EV sector. Despite nearly $50 billion in combined federal and provincial investments, Canada’s EV industry is faltering. Sales are dropping, mandates are clashing with market realities, and major projects are delayed or shelved. Without a significant acceleration in charging infrastructure, policy recalibration, and restored investor confidence, the sector risks collapse.
Ottawa’s trade stance is effectively protecting a fragile EV industry at the expense of a robust and profitable canola sector. One is speculative and policy-driven; the other is market-proven and globally competitive. The policy choice here should be obvious: Canada must either adjust its EV tariff position toward China or carve out exemptions to protect agricultural exports. Beijing has made its expectations clear.
Related: Built in 1960, the Second Narrows Bridge was not designed for the volume and weight of modern freight trains, which have grown substantially in size and frequency to meet rising global demand.
Amish Families Chased out of Canada
An SDA regular referenced an important story that is not getting much press coverage. It a tad difficult to access but do this: Click on this link and then navigate via the bottom ribbon to “5A News Practical Farming. Here’s a snippet to help guide you:
Well worth a read! Here’s a key part:
Rural America respects freedom, therefore, Canadians are brainwashed to loathe and fear it.
The shameful and poignant fact is that Canadian churches were controlled by government. Hence, we’ve proven to our neighbours that we crave submitting to government control; whether it’s worshipping God, milking cows or maintaining a rural graveyard.
Let Them Live
Nice Of You To Notice
Globe and Mail- An unnecessary harvest of pain from Ottawa’s EV tariffs
Canola, pork and seafood producers are collateral damage in the brewing trade war between Canada and China. Despite a supposed “anti-discrimination” investigation by China, it is crystal clear that agriculture has been chosen in order to inflict maximum economic pain on Canada.
“Food doesn’t grow in headlines”
Sun- Canola, pork and seafood burn while feds worship auto sector
The imbalance is stark. One sector gets real money for a hypothetical crisis. Another, living through a very real trade war, gets a pre-election press release and a patchwork safety net. The auto sector is essential, yes, but so is food. And unlike electric vehicles, you can’t eat a car.
You Can’t Make An Omlette Without Cracking A Few Eggs
Sylvain Charlebois- Farmers pay the price for Ottawa’s electric vehicle obsession
Betting billions on a speculative EV industry while leaving Canadian farmers and seafood harvesters to pay the price is proof that in this trade war, agriculture is just collateral damage
I Want A New Country
Have they pulled Chinese booze off the shelves yet?
China fucked western CANADA late Friday with a 100% tariff on canola oil and peas.
Don’t think it’s serious Richardson last night late sent out a statement that they were pulling all bids for Canola effective immediately.
Cargill and all others will follow today.
All this to save a few electric car jobs that don’t even exist in eastern CANADA.
Were fucked and not a peep from any news outlet of the damage or liberal NDP politician.
@KenKluz – So much seed and chem is in our sheds, so we are stuck seeding canola, regardless what do you switch to as of rotation and other commodity prices. Far worse than 1970 or 1986
Great Success!
A very good read.
The Food Professor- Canada Keeps Losing at Geopolitics—And Our Farmers Pay the Price
“Canada keeps picking fights it can’t win—now our farmers are paying the price for Ottawa’s reckless trade policies.”
Francisco- So are we taking Chinese booze off the shelves? Asking for a friend.
I Want A New Country
Is China adding a 100% tariff to canola oil god that can’t be true?
What the fuck did Trudeau do now.
This can’t be true. pic.twitter.com/xbXs3LI79R
— Kotylak (@Kotyjo) March 8, 2025
…retaliating against levies Ottawa introduced in October on Chinese-made electric vehicles, steel and aluminum products.
We have the worst negotiators.
Don’t Put That In Your Mouth
You don’t know where it’s been: $346,654 to help “genderqueer farmers to overcome barriers to participation in the agriculture sector
And it’s just the drippy tip of the iceberg.
$333,865 to “decolonize the food system.”
Half a million dollars to achieve gender diversity in agricultural bodies.
Creating inclusive signposts by “compiling a collection of texts by sexually diverse immigrant women.” – $258,505.00
$319,491 to address colonial barriers of the gender binary and heteropatriarchy in Yellowknife.
$542,487 to address persistent, harmful gender norms in Canada’s electricity industry.
$200,000 of your money to “advance equity and decolonization in large, urban parks.”
Half a million dollars to support gender diverse musicians in Winnipeg.
$341,052 to provide outdoor-based rite of passage programming for non-binary youths in Burnaby.
$53,800 to “ensure the growth of 2SLGBTQI+ French-speaking minority communities in the Acadian Peninsula
Three-quarters of a million dollars to support the arts and culture industry for non-binary Francophones in New Brunswick.
$200,000 in tax dollars over the years to Rubies Apparel to craft trans and non-binary inclusive swimwear by “creating a bra designed for trans and non-binary tweens and teens that have not developed up top.”
These and more, compiled by the unmatchable Andy Lee.
h/t to PhilM: Canada Public Accounts (CSV format)
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The Telegraph- Tenth of farmland to be axed for net zero
Solar farms, tree planting and wildlife habitats to replace food production as Labour deals fresh blow to rural life