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Ontario town’s first ever “virtual election” already facing hurdles

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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While voters in big cities like Ontario and Ottawa will be making use of traditional paper ballots, this October’s municipal election will see dozens of smaller communities across the province adopting phone and online voting.

The region of Clarington will in fact only be offering phone and online voting. But as they head into their first ever “virtual election”, Clarington is already experiencing problems.

Clarington residents were directed to a closed public library on Tuesday morning, the first day of voting, despite it being advertised by local officials as an “Election Assistance Centre” to help people navigate voting online or by phone. 

In 2019, the municipality passed a by-law introducing internet and telephone voting and this is the first year the new system is being used.

“Voting for the Clarington 2022 Municipal Elections will take place electronically by internet and telephone,” Clarington Votes explains. 

To help residents navigate online voting, the Clarington Votes website advertised that as of Tuesday “election assistance will also be provided at Clarington Public Library branches” during regular hours from Oct. 18 to Oct. 24 for residents who need help accessing a computer or updating their voter information.

However, voters who showed up on Tuesday were met with a sign about a “service interruption” and irregular hours. 

“All Library branches will be closed Tuesday, October 18th from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for staff development,” the sign reads. 

“The Bowmanville, Courtice, and Newcastle Branches will re-open to the public from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.” 

Clarington’s municipal clerk explained to residents who reached out to her that they only learned libraries were scheduled to be closed on the day the disruption occurred. Currently, the website still directs voters to the closed library. The website also directs voters to other Election Assistance Centres that are open. 

“I can confirm that there was a service disruption today.  All Clarington Public Libraries were closed between 9:30 am and 5:00 pm. The Clerk’s Division was unaware that this had occurred until mid-day.  When we were made aware of the situation, we posted Service Disruption notices on all four library facilities, directing voters to the Election Assistance Centres and the Municipal Administration Centre located at 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville,” municipal clerk June Gallagher told True North in an emailed statement.

“We also released a communication, via social media. As you can see from the link to the Election Assistance Centres, there are many more opportunities to receive voting assistance before the end of Voting.”

Ralph Boehler, a 93-year-old resident, was among those who attended the library on Tuesday for assistance with his PIN number for online and phone voting. 

“My daughter called last night and asked me for my PIN number,” explained Boehler in an interview. 

After arriving at the library and making the trek up the sidewalk, Boehler found the doors locked shut. 

“It’s closed. The whole library is closed,” said Boehler. 

Clarington resident and election scrutineer Rita Smith also attended the library while Boehler was there.

“He has a really bad limp. He couldn’t stand long enough to talk to me, he had to sit in his car. He said he didn’t get a PIN and he went over to the library to find out how to vote without a PIN,” explained Smith.

“They have taken what should be a proven successful process – marking an X on a ballot, putting it into the box. They had this down to an art that they’ve been doing for 150 years and now we have made it so complicated that poor Ralph, he’s never going to get to vote.”

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect comment received from the Municipality of Clarington following publication.

ArriveCan costs quickly ballooned from $80K to over $54 million

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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What began with the ArriveCan app being floated as an $80,000 project ballooned to a bill of over $54 million for taxpayers. 

The glitch-plagued application, which until recently was mandatory for any travellers entering Canada, is now facing scrutiny in the House of Commons. 

According to the Globe and Mail, the House of Commons government operations committee released a summary of contracts in connection with the app. 

The breakdown shows that the application required over 70 updates costing taxpayers $8.8 million following the initial $80,000 development fee. 

Canadians were also billed $7.5 million for a Service Canada call-centre, $5.2 million in data management fees, $4.9 million towards “indirect costs” and an additional $4.6 million for cloud hosting. 

Conservatives have pushed the committee to demand the application’s full costs from the federal government. 

Canadians can expect two more meetings investigating ArriveCan with witnesses being called from the federal government and one company contracted by the government, GCstrategies.

Some critics pointed to the fact that the company only employs a handful of employees and instead relies on dozens of subcontractors as a cause for concern.

GCstrategies and the federal government have claimed that information about subcontractors is confidential. 

“As with any project, many elements had to come together to do this. The $54M we expect to have spent by March 31, 2023, was not just budgeted and spent on the creation and launch of the app itself, which costed $80K to launch in April 2020, but also on all the necessary work to operate, maintain and upgrade the app over the last two years,” Canadian Border Services Agency spokesperson Sandra Bourdreau told the Globe and Mail. 

As of Sept. 30, ArriveCan became voluntary for travellers following months of controversy and calls from border communities to shut down the requirement. 

“It’s been hugely impactful and devastating,” said Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati earlier this month.Some estimates place the lost income in the Canadian tourism industry as a result of ArriveCan well into the billions.

Anthony Furey joins True North as VP of editorial and content

By
True North
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Journalist Anthony Furey has left Postmedia and is now True North’s new Vice President of Editorial and Content.

Furey will be overseeing newsroom operations as well as contributing his own columns and video commentary. He’ll also soon be hosting a regular podcast that features a rundown of the daily news.

“I’m really excited to be joining the team,” Furey said. “It’s incredible how much True North has grown in recent years and I know that growth is just going to continue.”

Furey released a video announcing his arrival at True North, where he lamented that when it comes to much of the rest of the media “increasingly news coverage is about focusing on fringe, niche issues that, whatever you think of them, they don’t really have much to do with the daily lives of most Canadians.” But True North is on a mission to change that and do things differently, Furey said.

Furey has collaborated with True North in the past, producing a series of short videos commenting on important issues and stories in Canadian politics.

The year so far has seen True North’s team rapidly expand, with the hiring of new journalists Elie Cantin-Nantel and Rachel Emmanuel, as well as a growing number of podcasts like Reality Check with Jasmine Moulton and The Rupa Subramanya Show.

“We’ll be bringing out even more exclusives, more freedom of information act reports, and more news that you won’t be able to find anywhere else,” said Furey.

Furey said the media needs to do a better job at listening to Canadians.

“One thing news media really needs to step away from is talking down to people and trying to set the agenda for them. Instead, we need to be listening to people, to learn about what’s really going on out there so as to accurately report on the state of things.’

Furey encourages people to email him with news tips, suggestions, and more at [email protected].

Reuters stumbles in attempt to “fact check” Pfizer Covid transmission scandal

By
Harrison Faulkner
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A viral video with over 2 million views posted by True North featuring a Pfizer executive admitting that the vaccine manufacturer never tested their covid vaccine on stopping transmission of the virus is among several posts that were recently “fact-checked” by Reuters and marked as “misleading”.

But, based on online reaction, Reuter’s has stumbled at its attempt, which is in turn being portrayed as misleading.

In an October 10 hearing in the European Parliament, Dutch MEP Rob Roos asked Pfizer’s President of Developed Markets Janine Small if Pfizer had tested the vaccine on stopping transmission of the virus before entering the European market.

“Was the Pfizer Covid vaccine tested on stopping the transmission of the virus before it entered the market. If not, please say it clearly. If yes, are you willing to share the data with this committee?” Roos asked.

“Regarding the question around ‘did we know about stopping the (transmission) before it entered the market?’ No. We had to really move at the speed of science,” Small told the European parliament.

True North posted the video to Twitter and it quickly went viral on the platform, gaining more than 2 million views before Reuters stepped in to fact-check the widely circulated clip. 

MEP Rob Roos described the testimony from Small in his own video posted to Twitter as “shocking”, “scandalous” and “criminal.”

The video posted by his account has over 13 million views on Twitter.

The Associated Press also fact-checked the viral video as “missing context”, claiming, “Pfizer never claimed to have studied the issue before the vaccine’s market release.”

Internet users began responding to the Reuters fact check on Twitter with clips of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla – and tweets from Pfizer’s official Twitter account – implying in some cases that the vaccine stops transmission and in other cases outright stating it.

In a tweet posted by Pfizer’s official account on Jan. 13, 2021, the vaccine manufacturer wrote “the ability to vaccinate at speed to gain herd immunity and stop transmission is our highest priority.”

Pfizer CEO Alberta Bourla, while speaking at the World Economic Forum in 2022 told the audience,  “you vaccinate not only for yourself, you vaccinate also to protect society, in particular those that you love the most.”

Below is a compilation of Bourla appearing on television repeating the claim that the Pfizer vaccine prevents transmission of the virus.

Reuters’ assertion that Pfizer never claimed that their original submissions to regulators did include tests for transmission appears to be accurate. But their own fact check is misleading because it entirely ignores the fact that political and public discussions about the vaccines were often driven by the incorrect assumption that the vaccines would halt transmission. 

Reuters does not appear to have ever fact-checked any of the many public figures who repeatedly claimed that the vaccine was going to stop transmission.

Twitter users in Canada began sharing clips of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking on the matter.

In a 2021 campaign speech, Justin Trudeau told a crowd, “if you don’t want to get vaccinated, that’s your choice. But don’t think you can get on a plane or train beside vaccinated people and put them at risk.”

“We know that the way to get through this as well is to make sure that people who go into non-essential business feel safe that they’re not going to catch Covid from someone next to them,” Trudeau told reporters in the summer of 2021.

Trudeau also told reporters at the House of Commons that Members of Parliament can’t be “vectors of transmission” in justifying a vaccine mandate placed on MPs.

In a French-language interview with a Quebec-based television show, Justin Trudeau said of unvaccinated Canadians, “They are extremists who don’t believe in science, they’re often misogynists, also often racists. It’s a small group that muscles in, and we have to make a choice in terms of leaders, in terms of the country. Do we tolerate these people?”

In a CNN town hall, US President Joe Biden told Americans, “you’re not going to get covid if you have these vaccinations.”

Below is a compilation of prominent American figures repeating the claim, which was contradicted by the Pfizer executive last week.

Parliament Hill security, not convoy protesters, blocked truck relocation plan

By
Andrew Lawton
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A plan between City of Ottawa officials and Freedom Convoy organizers to relocate trucks away from residential areas was blocked by the Parliamentary Protective Service, not protesters.

Ottawa city manager Steve Kanellakos revealed this Monday in his testimony before the Public Order Emergency Commission.

Kanellakos was cross-examined about a text message exchange he had with convoy lawyer Keith Wilson regarding a three-day plan to concentrate trucks on Wellington St. with the remainder leaving the city.

“The truckers want to move 40 plus trucks tomorrow starting in the morning. They have the room on Wellington to fit,” Wilson texted Kanellakos on Tuesday Feb. 15. “That would just about clear out almost all of the residential areas.”

“We are working through some issues with Parliamentary Protection (sic) Services,” Kanellakos replied.

Freedom Convoy lawyer Brendan Myers Miller asked Kanellakos about a Feb. 17 call with Wilson in which Kanellakos apologized for the issues with the Parliamentary Protective Service, which is mandated to manage the security for the parliamentary precinct.

Kanellakos said he didn’t recall the specifics of the call, but was “disappointed that we couldn’t move more trucks out of the neighbourhood.”

The city manager said Wilson, as the convoy organizers’ representative, was communicative and engaged with the City of Ottawa in good faith throughout the protest.

During Kanellakos’ testimony, the Commission was also shown a Feb. 14 email from Parliamentary Protective Service officer in charge Larry Brookson expressing dismay over the truck relocation plan.

“Quite honestly Steve I am at a loss as to how this sort of agreement could have been worked out with a clear disregard to security,” Brookson wrote.

The plan to relocate the trucks came about through backchannel negotiations between convoy leaders and city officials, brokered by Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s former chief of staff, Dean French.

French viewed convoy leaders as “proud, big-hearted Canadians… standing up for a righteous cause” and had a good relationship with Watson going back to their time working together while French was running Ford’s office.

The City of Ottawa and convoy leadership agreed to publish two open letters – one from Watson, the other from Tamara Lich – signalling their desire to ease the protest’s pressure on Ottawa residents and opening the door to a more formal meeting down the road.

Watson’s letter demanded “clear evidence” of the departure from residential areas by noon on Monday, February 14.

“I look forward to your protest movement meaningfully delivering on these steps as a show of goodwill towards our community,” Watson wrote.

LEVY: Parents “pissed off” with woke trustees create website highlighting alternatives

By
Sue-Ann Levy
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Matt Director created the website VoteAgainstWoke.ca for next week’s election for one simple reason: To bring to light school trustee candidates who aren’t woke.

Director, a pseudonym to protect himself from the social media mob, characterizes himself as a parent who is “pissed off” with the school system.

The GTA parent, in fact, was so upset with the woke indoctrination by school boards, he took his child out of the public system last year and put him in private school. 

“It was a big sacrifice to our finances, but it was necessary to protect our child from the indoctrination,” he says.

He said he formed the website – which is incredibly detailed and thorough – after hearing from parents in his community that have been repeatedly frustrated with high taxation that is supposed to pay for well-funded schools. Instead these schools have all adopted woke ideology.

The project is managed by a small group of parents not associated with education (except for having kids in the system).

“No one is willing to go public with their names out of fear of conflict with their day jobs,” he said.

Director’s website identifies trustees that are non-woke based on what they’ve said on Twitter or through e-mails to candidates. They’ve also talked to them in person.

For the Toronto District School Board, some 12 anti-woke candidates are listed including Teresa Francis, who is running against radical activist Debbie King.

Ahmed Kassad and Mike Ramsay are two of a group of non-woke trustees proposed at the Waterloo Region District School Board and Catherine Kronas is recommended at the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board.

The website even includes a thorough description of what is considered woke ideology. For instance, it says that “woke” has been more commonly used in recent years as a pejorative term of those who have taken bold insights into racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia and used them in a “radically ill advised manner.”

Some woke people are so extreme they contradict what should be liberal values such as “free speech and due process,” the website says.

Director feels woke ideology is indoctrinating children with “experimental theories” that value race over merit, often teaching white kids they are oppressors and their fellow students of colour the oppressed.

“It is often people of colour who speak most passionately against CRT being taught in schools because it indoctrinates their children into victimhood culture,” he says.

Since the website was launched in early October, they’ve been “stunned” by the reception. They’ve gone viral on Twitter and have been picked up by the media.

“It seems to have really struck a chord with people,” Director said.

But not all media are content with freedom of choice. In an October 5 Hamilton Spectator article, a writer bemoaned the candidates selected on the website – Kronas included – suggesting they’d bring “a tsunami of antagonism and harm” to Hamilton Wentworth students and staff. The writer doesn’t detail what harms in her inflammatory article.

Director says he finds the article almost comical, saying they must be doing something right with the website.

He invites parents to share the website before the October 24 municipal election with friends, family and on social media and to let people know that it’s important to vote for a “competent and principled” trustee

He says their intent is to try to help Canada develop “the best education system” in the world.

Director and his small group of parents have done an incredible service for parents all through Ontario.

Sadly many school boards have become merely a venue for radical woke trustees to spread their dangerous ideologies and indoctrinate children under their watch.

They constantly say it’s all about the children but in many cases, the NDP, in particular, have used boards as a stepping stone to greater political ambitions.

They’ve gotten away with it because far too many parents don’t pay attention at election time.

With this website there is no excuse.

Recap of Day 3 of the Emergencies Act hearings

By
Harrison Faulkner
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On Day 3 of the Emergencies Act hearings, City of Ottawa officials testified that federal Parliamentary Protective Service officers blocked efforts from “good faith” convoy leaders in moving trucks out of residential neighbourhoods and onto Wellington Street. 

Testimony today came from Ottawa city manager Steve Kanellakos and Mayor Jim Watson’s chief of staff Serge Arpin. 

Evidence from today’s hearings primarily focused on negotiations between convoy leadership and the City of Ottawa. In particular, a large amount of time was devoted to discussing the agreement reached by Freedom Convoy leadership and the City of Ottawa to move trucks out of residential neighbourhoods and onto Wellington St.

Both Kanellakos and Arpin made it clear to Commissioner Rouleau that there was ongoing communication between convoy organizers and municipal officials prior to the federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act. Both city officials also made it clear that negotiations were being conducted by Convoy leadership “in good faith.”

Kanellakos, told the Commission that Ottawa police supported the agreement between the city and the convoy to move trucks out of residential areas and onto Wellington St.

“There was no other place to put the trucks,” Kanellakos said. “The discussion (with protest organizers) was that we wanted to reduce the footprint in the area, to get them out of the neighbourhoods.”

The most explosive evidence given by Kanellakos today came under questioning from Convoy lawyer Brendan Miller when asked why the deal reached by Convoy leadership and the city had fallen through.


In a text exchange with Convoy lawyer Keith Wilson during the protest, Kanellakos expressed regret that the deal to move trucks out of residential areas and onto Wellington Street was being blocked by the federal Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS) and Ottawa Police Service (OPS). 

Kanellakos recalls telling Wilson at the time that he was “disappointed we couldn’t move more trucks out of the neighbourhood.” Kanellakos also revealed that he wasn’t sure if it was the OPS or the PPS that blocked the movement, but the resignation of then-Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly that day got in the way of the agreed-upon movement.

Kanellakos also revealed under questioning from Commission counsel that the Ford government was not present during “tripartite meetings” between the City of Ottawa, federal government, and Ontario officials on how to deal with the protests.

Kanellakos said that the Ford government’s response was to leave it up to law enforcement and not have elected officials involved in enforcement strategy.

When asked today at a press conference why he isn’t testifying at the Emergencies Act inquiry, Doug Ford – standing beside Justin Trudeau – said he wasn’t asked by the Commission to testify.

“I was never asked to testify,” Ford said. “Our police did an incredible job. They were very peaceful, they moved forward and I am so proud to stand here and back our police.” 

Considerable time was also spent during Kanellakos’ testimony on the city’s challenge to hire tow truck operators to help clear rigs from the city.

Kanellakos told Commission counsel that some tow truck operators were concerned for their own safety and potential equipment damage. Other operators had business concerns as they often work alongside big rig trucks.

When asked by Democracy Fund lawyer Rob Kittredge if any tow truck operators had been assaulted or if there had been any reports of equipment damage, Kanellakos testified that he had not received any reports of equipment damage or assaults on operators.

 Testifying after Kanellakos the Ottawa mayor’s chief of staff, Arpin.

Arpin described the desire from Convoy leadership to assist the city in managing the protest and to begin moving trucks as “not a stunt.”

“We would know very quickly if this was a stunt or a bluff (by Convoy leadership) to try and gain more time, and we found out that it wasn’t a stunt,” Arpin said. 

Arpin’s text communications with senior officials from the offices of ministers Bill Blair and Marco Mendicino were parsed through line-by-line by Commission counsel and Convoy lawyers.

In a scathing text message from Arpin to Bill Blair’s Chief of Staff, Arpin took aim at the feds’ decision to “denigrate the demonstrators” at press conferences while the city is trying to negotiate with them.

Aprin’s testimony also made it clear that senior members of the federal government including Mendicino and Blair were aware of negotiations taking place with Convoy leadership just one day prior to Justin Trudeau invoking the never-before-used Emergencies Act.

Arpin also accused the RCMP of “lying” in a text exchange with Mendicino’s Chief of Staff when asked how many RCMP officers were deployed to assist the OPS.

“They are lying to you flat out,” Arpin wrote. 

Kanellakos shut down a claim from Paul Champ, the lawyer representing the ‘Ottawa Coalition’ – a group of residents and businesses opposing the protesters – that fire trucks were unable to respond to an incident in the Chateau Laurier.

“We heard about one incident at the Chateau Laurier that fire trucks couldn’t get to them. You are aware of that?” Champ asked Kanellakos.

“That’s actually not true,” Kanellakos responded to audible laughter from the room. “We have contingency built in for all of our emergency operations.”

What happens next?

Ottawa mayor Jim Watson and city councillor and former chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board Diane Deans are expected to testify tomorrow.

The hearings resume tomorrow at 9:30 am ET.

True North will continue to bring you daily coverage of the Emergencies Act hearings.

Calgary demands $7 billion from Ottawa for public transit

By
Rachel Parker
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The City of Calgary is asking the federal government for $7 billion to fund new public transit developments, recent budget submissions reveal. 

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said the city wants $7 billion from Ottawa to complete a 46 kilometre plan to connect “key destinations” and integrate future rail connections to Calgary International Airport. 

The city also wants the government to establish a permanent federal funding mechanism to “set Canada on a path towards 21st century public transit and public infrastructure nationwide by allocating funds directly to transit systems and municipalities. “

“This mechanism will unlock local expertise—and support the continuous growth of the transit and municipal infrastructure Canadians rely on. The mechanism must be based on the principles of flexible, stackable, sustainable and long-term funding for municipalities,” Gondek said in a letter to the federal Finance department. 

Gondek also recommended the federal government leverage the city’s $100 million investment in revitalising its downtown with an investment of its own and use it as a pilot for the “national approach.” She said the city’s plan will remove 665,000 square feet of vacant office space and replace it with approximately 700 new residential units. 

“Interest in this program has already exceeded The City’s $100 million investment and this creates a tremendous opportunity for the Government of Canada to leverage both City and private investment that might otherwise be left on the table,” Gondek wrote.

“All of Calgary, and by extension, all of Alberta, benefits from a strong downtown, and as such, we would be pleased to share with you the details around these programs and projects.”

Gondek acknowledged the city has already received $48 million in federal grants through the Rapid Housing Initiative which will result in 301 new affordable units. But, she says Calgary is “still disadvantaged” as it received 2.2% of the overall funding despite being home to 4% of the nation’s population and 8% of Canadians experiencing homelessness. 

She recommended the federal government increase affordable housing funding “in alignment with the city’s percentage of national population and percentage of Canadians experiencing homelessness.”

Calgary also wants an annual $13 million investment for local mental health and addictions funding. The city has invested $25 million to this effect.

Finally, Gondek asked Ottawa to leverage the city’s s $86 million investment in the Sunnyside Flood Barrier and Stormwater Infrastructure Climate Resilience Improvements by allocating $58 million from Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund to these projects. 

The city also sent a budget submission to the government of Alberta, but did not request specific budget amounts for projects. 

Liberal fertilizer climate target would have negligible impact on emissions: expert

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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An agrologist told parliamentarians that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s arbitrary 30% fertilizer emission reduction target for farmers would have a negligible impact on global CO2 levels. 

Robert Saik, Founder and CEO of AGvisorPRO, told the House of Commons Environment Committee on Oct. 4 that a 30% reduction in agriculture emissions would amount to a cut of only 0.0028% of 1% to global greenhouse gases. 

“It’s recognized that Canada produces about 1.6% of the global emissions. Agriculture is about 10% of Canada’s emissions, and fertilizer is 17% of agriculture’s emissions or 1.75% of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions,” explained Saik. 

“So, if we reduced our emissions by 30% in Canada from all fertilizer sources, it would amount to 0.0028%.”

First introduced in their 2020 climate plan, the Liberals devised a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer use by 30% below 2020 levels by the year 2030. 

According to Saik, the plan does not take into account how much CO2 emissions farmers already capture through existing practices. 

As exclusively reported by True North, the Liberal government branded Canadian farmers as being among some of the worst emission offenders when it comes to fertilizer use in an Agriculture Canada report released in April. 

“Farmers capture 132% of their total CO2e emitted, and when you take soil into account, that’s 150%. This grain is being shipped internationally, meaning that Canada’s crop farmers are 30 million tonnes of CO2e to the positive,” said Saik.

“It’s far better for us to be given incentives, carrots rather than sticks, than to be told to reduce our nitrous oxide by 30% when we’re already among the most highly efficient nitrogen farmers in the world.”

Agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has tried to dismiss concerns from farmers as feeding into so-called misinformation but has yet to address concerns about how the targets would impact yields or doubts about the accuracy of measuring emission from fertilizer use. 

“There are a number of measurement devices that are being experimented with right now. If I was asked categorically if there was one that you would depend upon, I would say no,” said Saik.

“They’re still trying to do regression analysis to find out if these measurement devices…. Satellite imagery to ascertain carbon in soils is still a long way off.”

Western Canadian Wheat Growers President Gunter Jochum also told True North in August that no current baseline exists to determine true emissions. 

“I would like to know where they got their facts from,” said Jochum. “I believe those facts were entirely made up because in Canada we don’t even have a baseline as to what the true emissions are.”A recent poll found that 72% of farmers have concerns that their crop yields and food production would plummet should they follow through with the voluntary reduction target.

Reality Check | How woke are our schools?

By
Jasmine Moulton
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As Canadians across the country head to the polls in the upcoming municipal elections, school board trustees are going woke. While many Canadians don’t fill out their entire ballot, future school board trustees are on the list and your choice affects what gets taught in schools. Canada’s schools are rife with woke trustees who are teaching students what to think, instead of how.

It’s time for a Reality Check.

On this episode, Jasmine goes through some of the worst examples of wokeism in schools such as White Privilege Lessons, Critical Race Theory, and radical sex ed. On top of that, progressives have cancelled “Crazy Hair Day,” Halloween costumes, promoted Drag Queen Story Hours and even found “Covert White Supremacy” in mathematics.

Tune into Reality Check with Jasmine Moulton!

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