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If you thought the loudest noise Ottawa hears these days was politicians talking nonsense, think again. Enter the heroes of this story: farmers. Not the kind who post cute Instagram pics of their goats (though we love those too), but the kind blazing down Quebec’s streets with tractors big enough to flatten a supermarket parking lot—in protest. But before we go into more details, let’s talk about today’s sponsor:
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April 2024 saw about 100 tractors chugging into Gatineau, making the city smell faintly of diesel and manure. This wasn’t some quaint country parade; it was farmers telling the Carney government in no uncertain terms: “Get your act together, or there won’t be food on your plate.” Signs like “No Farmers, No Food” and “Our End Will Be Your Hunger” are not subtle, but unlike most politicians, these folks deal in reality—namely, things that grow from dirt.
And don’t think Quebec’s protest is a lone tractor on the horizon. Oh no. Across Europe, farmers are blocking motorways with their agricultural monsters, spraying manure where it really counts—government buildings. It’s as if Jeremy Clarkson decided to swap the racing circuit for a manure slinging festival. The target? The World Economic Forum and their beloved “green agenda” that tells farmers to cut livestock numbers and slash emissions faster than you can say ‘Net Zero 2030.’
WEF’s plans sound lovely if you live in a boardroom with air conditioning and a bottomless coffee supply. But farmers see it as trying to apply turbo-charged eco-babble to a rusty, mud-caked tractor that’s barely managing to get the crops in on time. The farmers aren’t buying it—they know these global elites want their farms to shrink or disappear, replaced by lab-grown food or some dystopian sci-fi nightmare.
Back in Canada, the Carney government is playing its own version of ‘Where’s the Farmer?’ while cozying up to international troops and trade talks. Meanwhile, the folks feeding the country are juggling rising fuel costs, brain-busting regulations, and climate policies that feel more like a speed bump on an endless dirt road.
So while Davos conversations spin endlessly about global trade and climate targets, farmers from Gatineau to the Netherlands send a roaring, diesel-fueled message: “We don’t need more speeches — we need support and respect.”
The moral of the story? If your dinners still include potatoes and steak, don’t ignore the tractors and manure bombs. Those farmers are fighting for the future of food, and they’ve got horsepower—and patience—running low.
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