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.
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.
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.
Danielle Smith has some asses to kick.
Just messaging to let you know that last week the Government decided to effectively cancel the program that we’ve been supplying Highland beef to you through. They did this by placing a limit on how much beef we can sell and have set this at 3-4 beef per year (we did 25 last year).
After our current licence expires July 2026 the new limit will be in effect. This was done without a change to the Regulations (law), without Legislative debate or oversight, and no engagement with small agriculture producers who participate in this opportunity to sell direct to Albertans.
I spoke directly to Danielle Smith and RJ Sigurdson (Agriculture Minister) at the Okotoks town hall last evening. The Premier looked shocked that this happened and the Ag Minister told us to spend $1 million dollars to build an Abattoir (large provincially inspected slaughterhouse)
If you’d like to continue to have the option of purchasing Highland beef, or buying other meat products directly from farmers the best thing to do is send an email to the Agriculture Minister, his Chief of Staff, the Premier’s office, and your MLA. If your friends and family would like to have the option to purchase meat directly from farmers have them send emails too!
AGRIC.Minister@gov.ab.ca
josh.bilyk@gov.ab.ca
premier@gov.ab.ca
Your MLA
There are your contacts, Alberta. You know what to do.
More background here.
And the average family could afford to eat beef. https://t.co/UMeok2xMdi
— Katewerk (@katewerk) June 16, 2025
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.
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.
I just can’t unsee this video https://t.co/OffG19T9xI pic.twitter.com/ghjSyLrZnJ
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) May 12, 2025
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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)
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
This is EXTREMELLY painful to watch!
Labour MP Diana Johnson insists the #FarmersProtest will NOT change Labour's stance on taxing farmers out of existence.
She then arrogantly refuses to admit Labour lied.
A truly astonishing interview.
What a car crash! pic.twitter.com/dI3SSbs0hl— Lee Harris (@addicted2newz) November 19, 2024
See South Africa. Katie Hopkins gets it.
More on the Westminster farmer protest on X
London Free Press- London cricket plant cuts two-thirds of workforce amid cash-flow crunch
Aspire Foods announced the jobs cuts Wednesday. About 50 workers remain at the plant in southeast London that opened in 2022 and received $8.5 million in federal government funding.
“It has been challenging. The company was ramping up but it became clear we needed to improve yields and we did not have cost structure” to improve production while keeping workers on site, he said.
“The mechanical systems were challenged, they were overloaded harvesting. We had crickets everywhere.”