As first reported in Blacklock's Wednesday morning, a substantial number of Canadians are worried about climate disruptions to the food change.

Climate fear has 44% of Canadians fearing "food insecurity" though the country is a net food exporter, says in-house @GovCanHealth research. https://t.co/Hh2Ygs1s1T #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/00h6tmciML

— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) December 21, 2022

The fears of the public about climate scarcity are incompatible with internal government research and analysis. In 2014, federal scientists found that warmer climes would result in more robust yields and the ability for a broader diversity of crops to be grown in Canada:

"Changes in temperature and precipitation patterns will open up new areas to cultivation and eliminate others,”... “In Canada climate change is expected to result in different invasive species and increase weather variability. As well, a longer growing season coupled with shorter-season varieties will allow expansion of production of crops such as corn and soybeans in Western Canada.”

According to Blacklocks:

The Senate agriculture committee at 2017 hearings was told climate change could see ranching extended into Arctic regions. “Climate change may create opportunities in Canada’s North,” testified Dr. Evan Fraser, then-Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security at the University of Guelph. “It will probably benefit, at least in the next 100 years, Canadian northern areas. We call these agricultural frontiers.

The study, conducted by Environics, cost $119,777.