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Originally Posted by 14Roman14
If farmers are already doing it, which they are, then why does Trudeau need to stick his nose in it and meddle around slapping regulation here and regulation there. People who are already doing a good job do not need his expertise on the subject, when he is far from an expert on so many things.
Maybe his supporters expect him to give direction at every turn, but most in Alberta if doing a good job want to just be left alone by the federal government so they can continue to do a good job.
It causes problems when people from Ottawa who have no clue about our way of life come out with policies and regulations that end up hurting Alberta’s industry and prosperity. If the sovereignty act can help limit their power in any way it should definitely be explored in some situations.
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There certainly is a bell curve of adoption of best practices. You have farms that are continually testing new techniques and practices looking for an edge you have some that wait until you have a large body of farmers already doing the practice as proof it works and you have some that refuse to change practice because this is the way they have always done it. The purpose of legislation around this type of thing would be to bring the back of the bell curve forward. The industry organizations currently recognize that a reduction in fertilizer usage is possible without reducing yields.
But my comment wasn’t really about the effectiveness or even the rationality of the federal regulation. It was what does the sovereignty act do about it? Either the power to regulate fertilizer is in the provincial powers or it isn’t. The sovereignty act doesn’t help. For better or worse Ottawa has the powers it’s trying to exercise.