Justin Trudeau & Mark Carney Environmental Initiatives Fueling Record High Beef Prices in Canada: Record High Beef Prices 2 Years in a Row – December 1, 2025

The two videos referenced above were made a year apart, one in 2024 under Justin Trudeau, the other in 2025 under Mark Carney, yet anyone watching them would assume they came from the exact same moment in time. Inflation is not slowing in Canada, and the pressures on food production continue to intensify.

Both Trudeau (2024) and Carney (2025) advanced the industrial carbon tax, which most Canadians are familiar with. But what the public rarely hears about are the fertilizer restrictions and additional climate policies quietly reshaping the agricultural landscape. These measures do not outright ban fertilizer or beef production, but they restrict, limit, or impose financial penalties on practices essential to maintaining Canada’s food supply.

As a result, the cumulative effect is clear:

• Higher production costs
• Smaller cattle herds
• Higher beef prices
• Reduced domestic supply

Many farm groups and economists agree: these policies were intentionally designed to shrink agriculture’s carbon footprint by reducing beef output, whether directly or indirectly. And while the media frames these price increases as random events, the truth is far more coordinated and far more predictable.

In Canada, this is the consequence of centralized, heavy-handed governance and systems like supply management. These systems concentrate power at the top, limit open debate, and erode free speech. Make no mistake about it: the federal policies introduced by Justin Trudeau and continued or expanded by Mark Carney have materially contributed to the rise in beef prices across the nation.

To make matters worse, provincial governments feel pressured to comply or risk retaliation from Ottawa. This creates a top-down, coercive dynamic that leaves farmers with fewer choices, higher costs, and declining yields.

1. Fertilizer Emissions Reduction Target (Federal)

Canada introduced a policy targeting a 30% reduction in fertilizer-related emissions by 2030.

While not a direct ban, it functions as an indirect restriction because nitrogen fertilizer, essential for growing feed crops like corn, barley, canola, and hay produces nitrous oxide emissions. Cutting fertilizer means cutting yields, raising feed costs, shrinking herds, and ultimately increasing beef prices.

Farm organizations across Canada warn this policy could:

• Reduce crop yields by 10–20%
• Dramatically increase feed costs
• Make cattle farming significantly less profitable

This is not merely environmental stewardship, it is a structural transformation of Canadian agriculture.

2. Methane Reduction Pressures

Cattle naturally produce methane, and Canada has committed to reducing methane emissions by 30% by 2030. While not yet formalized into binding laws, the direction is unmistakable. Farmers are being pressured toward:

• Using experimental feed additives
• Changing manure-management practices
• Reducing herd sizes over time

Fewer cattle means less beef and higher prices.

3. Carbon Tax Impact on the Entire Beef Supply Chain

Every stage of beef production is affected by the carbon tax:

• Fuel for tractors and transport
• Fertilizer production
• Heating barns and feedlots
• Operating processing plants
• Refrigeration and distribution

Even with partial exemptions for farms, the rest of the supply chain pays full freight and those costs are passed directly to consumers.

4. Land-Use Restrictions

Environmental regulations limit where cattle can graze and where ranches can expand. These include:

• Wetland and riparian protections
• Biodiversity zones
• Grassland preservation
• Water-use and runoff restrictions

This reduces available ranching land, lowers output, and increases prices.

5. Climate Reporting Requirements for Meat Processors

Large retailers and processors are pressured to disclose:

• Beef’s carbon footprint
• Emissions per kilogram
• Sustainability measures

This leads to:

• Reduced processing capacity
• Preference for “lower-emission proteins”
• More obstacles for beef producers

These pressures come from government and ESG frameworks  not consumer demand.

6. Provincial Environmental Restrictions

In Western Canada especially:

• Manure-storage regulations
• Water licensing limits
• Grazing restrictions on Crown land
• Stringent ALR rules in B.C.

All of these reduce herd size and increase the cost of Canadian beef.

Who Is Responsible?

As a contributor to this blog, I cannot blame politicians alone. Someone is voting for these policies. Canadian voters bear responsibility for endorsing systems and leaders who prioritize ideology over practicality.

Meanwhile, minimum-wage hikes raise costs for entry-level agricultural jobs, making it harder for farmers to hire workers, even migrant labour. These wage pressures raise production costs across multiple sectors of the economy, contributing to the weakening of the Canadian dollar. It has reached the point where importing beef from Australia or New Zealand, countries ~13,000 to 16,000 km away, is sometimes cheaper than producing it here.

Why Is the U.S. Seeing Similar Trends?

America, under Joe Biden, implemented climate initiatives similar to Canada’s, even without a formal national carbon tax. When American farmers expressed concern about methane regulations, activists and media outlets portrayed them as selfish or anti-environment, contributing to the same misunderstandings we see in Canada.

Many voters accept headlines without research. This is how democratic nations weaken—from within.

A Spiritual Battle

The deeper issue is spiritual. Many in Canada have drifted into secularism or embraced atheism without realizing the consequences. Without faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, people begin to seek substitutes, modern idols that offer moral certainty without truth.

Today, many Canadians treat government as a saviour and climate change as a religion. Politicians claim they can control the climate by reducing cattle populations, even though Earth has warmed and cooled long before modern governments existed.

Scripture reminds us:

“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” — Romans 1:22

When a nation rejects God, it becomes vulnerable to deception political, ideological, and spiritual.

A Call to Return to Truth

Canada’s environmental policies are not merely flawed, they reflect a worldview that places human institutions above the sovereignty of God. No government can stabilize the climate or save a nation without His guidance.

If you have not yet placed your faith in Jesus Christ, I encourage you to consider Him today. The world is changing quickly, but Christ remains the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Consider making Jesus Christ Your Lord and Savior Today!

Choose Him while He may be found.