Thread by @TheBreakdownAB

So what’s the deal with the fertilizer anyways?

UCP Leadership candidates are lighting their hair on fire about how the feds want to take away fertilizer from farmers.

But is that what’s actually happening?

(You already know the answer, but 🧵!)

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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So what is happening is the feds have identified that there needs to be a reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases by about 30% by 2030.

While that CAN mean just use 30% less fertilizer, there’s actually a whole lot of options available.

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There’s different methods, different fertilizers, etc.

And the feds have acknowledged that different strategies will be needed across the country for different environments and crops.

So what they’re doing, until the end of August is holding consultation.

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So no ideas, above and beyond the reality that we need to decrease greenhouse gases, have been committed to.

Worth noting perhaps, that there is strong evidence that just by changing drainage and tilling methodology the 30% goal can be reached with no other changes.

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So yet again, Danielle Smith is lying to you, and there’s no shortage of UCP candidates who are following her lead.

Which only underscores the UCP’s desperate need for REAL leadership.

Because trusting or following anything Smith says just doesn’t work.

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Anyways, if you want to read the whole discussion paper, you can do that here.

(Also, can we do something about the style with which government discussion papers are written? Please?)

/fin

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