The Government of Canada is launching a time-limited consultation to ask average Canadians about their views of its climate change policies aimed at radically reducing fertilizer emissions, which farmers say will adversely impact food production amid a global food shortage.
A consultation survey is available for Canadians to submit their comments online until Aug. 31, 2022; additional comments can be sent to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) at aafc.fertilizer-engrais.aac@agr.gc.ca.
The consultation aims to stimulate discussion in relation to Canada’s fertilizer emissions reduction target of cutting emissions by 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030, the AAFC said in a statement….