M-96 Greenhouse gas emissions of the industrial-scale animal agriculture

That:

(a) the House recognize that,

(i) industrial animal agriculture is a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,

(ii) according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the emissions impact of livestock alone represents 14.5 percent of all anthropogenic GHG emissions,

(iii) livestock emissions are methane emissions and thus especially damaging to our environment, as methane is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a GHG in the first 10 years after it is released into the atmosphere,

(iv) industrial animal agriculture contributes significantly to climate change above and beyond the direct emissions impact of livestock, such as deforestation to create grazing land and grow feed crops and other land-use factors,

(v) the government currently provides substantial direct subsidies to the industrial animal agriculture industry,

(vi) livestock emissions and other animal agriculture industry emissions, unrelated to the use of fossil fuels on farms, are not currently covered under the provisions of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act; and

(b) in the opinion of the House, the government should,

(i) phase out subsidies to industrial-scale animal agriculture, including for crops grown strictly for livestock feed,

(ii) revise the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act to bring the GHG emissions of the animal agriculture industry under its provisions.