WHY CANADA...WHY?
THE AMAZON IS BURNING AND SADLY CANADA IS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE! THE QUESTION IS WHY CANADA...WHY?
ONE POINT EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS IS THE AMOUNT CANADA WILL PAY FOR BRAZILIAN BEEF. IT IS THE REASON BRAZILIAN FARMERS AND RANCHERS ARE BURNING THE AMAZON FOREST. THEY IGNORANTLY BELIEVE THEY ARE MAKING ROOM FOR CATTLE RANCHING AND FUTURE PROFITS BUT IN REALITY THEY ARE DESTROYING MILLIONS OF PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES AND MURDERING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE! AND THE ONLY CONSEQUENCE BURNING THE AMAZON FOREST WILL CREATE? DESERTIFICATION!
THE AMAZON FOREST CREATES PRECIPITATION AND WITHOUT THE FOREST THE AREA WILL DRY UP. THIS SCIENCE BASED FACT HAS NOT YET ENTERED THE SMALL MINDS PRESENTLY BURNING THE FOREST AND NEITHER HAS IT ENTERED INTO THE GREED FILLED CANADIAN NO-BRAINS PRESENTLY CREATING A FREE TRADE DEAL WITH BRAZIL. A FREE TRADE DEAL THAT IS MINUS ONE IMPORTANT CONDITION...PROTECT THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST! AND WHAT DO CANADIAN CATTLE RANCHERS AND FARMERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS DEAL?
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Hi Nelson, I’m not going to lie - last week was tough. And if your newsfeeds are anything like mine, it was tough for you too. Images of sickeningly orange skylines and smoke-filled air poured in from across the globe - Brazil, Greece, Bulgaria, Argentina, California. When it comes to the fires in the Amazon right now, however, I have hope because Canada has a direct role to play in putting them out. But we need to act fast. Right now, our government is planning to proceed with negotiations for a Canada-Mercosur free trade deal with Brazil. And Brazil’s big agribusiness is celebrating the move. Why? Because the deal is expected to increase Brazil’s meat exports to Canada by as much as $1.8 BILLION annually. [1] And yup - you guessed it. The production of cheap meat is the lead driver of the Amazon fires! Fires in the Amazon rainforest are not natural. They are deliberately set by land-grabbers and ranchers to expand the land used for cattle grazing and industrial agriculture production.[2] Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has fueled the problem by dismantling environmental laws, slashing funding for environmental protection agencies and demolishing Indigenous land rights. This has given free reign to big agro to clear and burn the forest. There has even been a surge in murders of Indigenous forest guardians as land-grabbers move in on Indigenous lands. [3] Canada cannot be complicit in the destruction of the Earth’s vital forests and the violation of Indigenous rights. But our Foreign Affairs Minister needs to hear it from all of you before the trade deal goes through. There is so much at stake - every person on earth depends on the Amazon to help regulate our climate. The rainforest sucks carbon from the air and stores it in billions of trees. It produces a “flying river” of water vapour that distributes rain across South America and impacts weather in other continents. [4] If deforestation continues, the surviving forest would no longer be able to produce its own rainfall and quickly transform into an arid savannah – killing off species and releasing massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. But this won’t move Brazil to act. Thus far, the only thing that has influenced Bolsonaro is intense international pressure from governments threatening to cut business ties unless the Amazon is protected. [5] France and Germany have already halted further movement to ratify Europe's free trade deal with the Mercosur bloc. [6] What are we waiting for? It's time for Canada to halt this deal too. Tell Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne it's time for Canada to stop dealing in forest destruction. Thank you for all you do. Your actions fuel my hope for the cooler, climate-safe future we know is within reach if we act now. Shane Head of Nature and Food Campaign, Greenpeace Canada
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