From LifeSiteNews

By Anthony Murdoch

The workforce reduction at a London, Ontario, facility that received $8.5 million in government funding appears to be a sign that Canadians do not have an appetite for bugs.

It appears Canadians’ taste for eating food made from bugs is not in high demand after news broke that a farm given millions by the federal government to raise crickets for “human and pet consumption” laid off two-thirds of its staff. 

The cricket farm in London, Ontario, run by the Aspire Food Group just broke ground on a new 150,000-square-foot facility last year. The company said it was cutting shifts and going from 150 workers to 50.  

In comments made to the trade news outlet AgFunderNews, company CEO David Rosenberg said the layoffs are due to making “improvements to its manufacturing system.”  

The fact the company is already cutting costs in dramatic fashion comes only a short time after Canada’s federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contributed $8.5 million to it in 2022.  

The cricket farm when fully operational can make 13 million kilograms of crickets for “human and pet consumption.” 

It was given widespread coverage several years ago by Canada’s state-funded CBC, which billed it as the “world’s largest cricket production facility.”  

Aspire’s pitch that its food had a lower environmental footprint than protein from cattle or pigs was in lockstep with the radical environmental goals of the Trudeau government as one of the reasons it landed a large grant.  

According to AgFunderNews, only a year ago Aspire claimed its factory would be working at 100 percent by the start of 2024.  

“We have significant contractual commitments for the majority of our production and expect 100% will be sold within the year,” former CEO Mohammed Ashour told AgFunderNews in March 2023. 

Groups such as the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) blasted the federal government for subsidizing companies that make food out of crickets for human consumption, saying it amounts to giving Canadians “their ‘let them eat crickets’ moment.” 

Both crickets and mealworms in recent years have been promoted by global elites as a source of protein that they say could replace beef or pork, and which can also be used in a variety of foods. 

Indeed, the Great Reset of Klaus Schwab and his World Economic Forum (WEF) has as part of its agenda the promotion of eating bugs to replace beef, pork, and other meats that they say have high “carbon” footprints. 

Conservative Party says layoffs at bug factory show ‘Canadians will not eat bugs’  

The Conservative Party of Canada in an email to members said that the news regarding Aspire cutting most of its staff is proof that Canadians “will not eat bugs.” 

“Justin Trudeau bet $9 million of your money on edible BUGS! He wants Canadians to own nothing, be happy, and eat crickets,” the party said in the email. 

“But his bet failed. The company he invested YOUR tax dollars in has dramatically cut production and fired two-thirds of their staff. Turns out, Canadians don’t want to eat bugs.” 

In 2022, Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis blasted the current cancel-culture crusade against red meat by pushing bugs as a source of food and the Trudeau government for funding bug factories.  

The Trudeau government has implemented many policies that align with the WEF’s so-called “climate change” agenda, including a punishing carbon tax, and attacks on the nation’s oil and gas industries. 

According to records, since 2018, a total of $420,023 has been spent on helping multiple food companies that make human bug food. 

At the same time, the Trudeau government has begun to attack Canadian farmers by pushing forth an agenda that would force them to reduce the amount of nitrogen-based fertilizer. This could have a large negative impact on the growing of feed for cattle as well as food for human consumption. 

Aspire is not the only factory in Canada breeding bugs to turn them into food for both human and animal consumption. The CTF listed all of the cricket processing companies that receive corporate welfare. 

Dr. Joseph Mercola, in a blog posted by LifeSiteNews, documented how Schwab’s Great Reset agenda looks to force the world’s population to, by pressuring local governments, make people “consider eating bugs and weeds and drink ‘reclaimed’ sewage.” 

From LifeSiteNews

By Anthony Murdoch

Canadian environment minister favors ‘global’ carbon tax on goods that could drive up prices for families

Canadian Minister of Environment Steven Guilbeault wants to create a new “global’ carbon tax applied to all goods shipped internationally that would further drive up prices for families already struggling with inflated costs for basic needs.

Guilbeault shared Wednesday on social media a post from Environment Canada that confirmed “carbon pollution pricing was discussed” at the United Nations’ COP29 Climate Change conference in Azerbaijan and “is seen by global leaders as a powerful tool for driving investments in clean technologies and accelerating economic growth.”

“Canada is more invested than ever in ensuring collective global action that responds to the growing costs of climate change and a shift toward a low-carbon clean economy,” Guilbeault said in a statement.

According to the Conservative Party of Canada, Guilbeault’s new plan would be “sent abroad to other countries” and make everything more expensive for Canadians.

“This new tax on maritime transportation would undoubtedly drive investment and business away from our already struggling port system, putting strong union jobs at risk,” the Conservatives said in a press release.

Conservatives said the new proposed tax “on shipping” is nothing more than an extra tax on “goods that are being shipped.”

“At a time when 2 million people are using food banks every month, Canadians can’t afford another failed Liberal tax grab,” Conservatives said.

“The carbon tax is nothing more than an expensive scam. It has done nothing to reduce emissions, while dramatically increasing the cost of living on the backs of working Canadians.”

Canada’s port creates $17 billion a year in economic output, according to the Association of Canadian Port Authorities.

The Conservative Party highlighted how Guilbeault’s carbon tax is costing Canadians thousands, noting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government instead wants to forge ahead and make everything more expensive.

“But instead of giving Canadians the relief they deserve, Trudeau decided to hike his carbon tax by 23 percent last spring as part of his plan to quadruple the carbon tax by 2030,” Conservatives said.

LifeSiteNews previously reported that even those in the federal government, such as the Parliamentary Budget Officer, have said Trudeau’s carbon tax is costing Canadians hundreds of dollars annually, noting that rebates are not sufficient to compensate for the increased fuel prices.

On April 1, Trudeau increased the carbon tax by 23 percent despite seven of 10 provincial premiers and 70 percent of Canadians pleading with him to halt his plan.

As reported by LifeSiteNews, a July survey found that nearly half of Canadians are just $200 away from financial ruin as the costs of housing, food and other necessities has gone up massively since Trudeau took power in 2015.

The Trudeau government has continued to push a radical environmental agenda similar to the World Economic Forum’s “Great Reset” and the United Nations’ “Sustainable Development Goals.”

The reduction and eventual elimination of so-called “fossil fuels” and a transition to unreliable “green” energy has also been pushed by the World Economic Forum, the globalist group in which Trudeau and  some of his cabinet are involved.

Critics argue that instead of addressing these issues, the Trudeau government has instead used the “climate change” agenda to justify applying a punitive carbon tax on Canadians.

Some provinces such as Alberta are legally challenging the current federal carbon tax.

Not only is the carbon tax costing Canadian families hundreds of dollars annually, but Liberals have admitted that the carbon tax has only reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1 percent.