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**Canada** is a country in [[North America]]. | **Canada** is a country in [[North America]], directly north of the [[United States]]. It is governed by the federal [[Government of Canada]]. |
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==== Climate action ==== | ==== Climate action ==== |
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In April 2021, Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40-45% below 2005 levels by the year 2030, an acceleration of previously announced goals.((Bolongaro, K. (2021, April 22). //Trudeau Vows to Speed Up Emissions Cuts for Canada, a G7 Laggard.// Bloomberg. https://web.archive.org/web/20211216072753/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-22/trudeau-vows-to-speed-up-emissions-cuts-for-canada-a-g7-laggard#xj4y7vzkg)) | In April 2021, Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40-45% below 2005 levels by the year 2030, an acceleration of previously announced goals.((Bolongaro, K. (2021, April 22). //Trudeau Vows to Speed Up Emissions Cuts for Canada, a G7 Laggard.// Bloomberg. https://web.archive.org/web/20211216072753/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-22/trudeau-vows-to-speed-up-emissions-cuts-for-canada-a-g7-laggard#xj4y7vzkg)) As the Trudeau government put further pressure on the [[agriculture]] industry in July 2022 to rapidly reduce their fertilizer use by 30%, farmers sounded the alarm, warning of worsening food shortages and huge economic losses (estimated at $10.4 billion CAD over the course of the decade).((Skerritt, J. (2022, July 27). //Trudeau Spars With Farmers on Climate Plan Risking Grain Output.// Bloomberg. https://archive.ph/K77Ia)) |