{"id":22547,"date":"2022-06-07T13:57:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2022\/06\/07\/our-survival-is-at-stake-if-our-food-system-doesnt-change\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:57:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:57:53","slug":"our-survival-is-at-stake-if-our-food-system-doesnt-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2022\/06\/07\/our-survival-is-at-stake-if-our-food-system-doesnt-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Our survival is at stake if our food system doesn&#8217;t change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> FP Economy <\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> Agriculture <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\"> Fraser and Newman: Our daily bread now depends on political and environmental conditions that stretch far beyond our borders \u2014 a risky bet <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"published-date\">\n<p>Publishing date:<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"published-date__since\">Jun 07, 2022<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"updated-date__since\">16\u00a0minutes ago<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">3 minute read<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>  <span class=\"comment-bubble\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\"><path d=\"M4,0 C2.93914,0 1.921718,0.421428 1.171572,1.171572 C0.421428,1.921718 0,2.93914 0,4 L0,24 L3.846,20.158 L4,20.16 L20,20.16 C21.0608,20.16 22.0782,19.73858 22.8284,18.98842 C23.5786,18.23828 24,17.22086 24,16.16 L24,4 C24,2.93914 23.5786,1.921718 22.8284,1.171572 C22.0782,0.421428 21.0608,0 20,0 L4,0 Z M2,4 C2,3.46956 2.21072,2.96086 2.58578,2.58578 C2.96086,2.21072 3.46956,2 4,2 L20,2 C20.5304,2 21.0392,2.21072 21.4142,2.58578 C21.7892,2.96086 22,3.46956 22,4 L22,16.16 C22,16.69044 21.7892,17.19914 21.4142,17.57422 C21.0392,17.94928 20.5304,18.16 20,18.16 L4,18.16 L3.048,18.126 L2,19.174 L2,4 Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span> Join the conversation  <\/span> <\/div><\/div>\n<figure class=\"featured-image\"><picture class=\"featured-image__ratio\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"featured-image__caption image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Seeds burn in a grain silos after it was shelled repeatedly, amid Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, in Donetsk region. The crisis in Ukraine is one of a series of threats facing the world\u2019s food systems. <\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by REUTERS\/Serhii Nuzhnenko<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>By Evan Fraser and Lenore Newman<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment855049410647035520819941577163890\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment855049410647035520819941577163890\">Advertisement 2<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-2\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[6,6],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"6x6\" data-ad-loc=\"2\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[6,6],[320,50],[300,50],[300,250],[300,600]]\" id=\"ad-2\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:600px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p data-async=\"\">The war in Europe is preventing Russia and Ukraine from exporting much wheat, precipitating a global food crisis that is making everyone worse off. In addition, rising demand, coupled with trade sanctions, has caused a surge in fertilizer prices that has tripled the cost of some farm inputs in recent months. Together, these factors mean food is expensive and the number of hungry people on the planet is rocketing. Policymakers warn we face a global food shortage.<\/p>\n<p>However, the crisis in Ukraine is only one of a series of threats facing the world\u2019s food systems. Food prices were high before the war. Climate change regularly destroys harvests, especially in key regions such as the southwestern United States, the source of most of North America\u2019s fruits and vegetables. And food supplies are dwindling. The United Nations keeps track of the \u201csupply-to-use\u201d ratio, which is a measure of how much food we use compared with how much we produce. This ratio has been declining for years, and the world now has less food, expressed as a percentage of the food we use, than at any point since 2015.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment1588858195825711547711819150088296\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment1588858195825711547711819150088296\">Advertisement 3<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-3\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[7,7],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"7x7\" data-ad-loc=\"3\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[7,7],[300,250],[320,50],[300,50]]\" id=\"ad-3\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p data-async=\"\">In Canada, the food crisis means higher grocery bills, forcing families to skimp on healthy but expensive fruits and vegetables, while also triggering an unprecedented demand for food banks. In the Middle East, which is extremely dependent on wheat imports from Russia and the Ukraine, policymakers are scared high prices may trigger civil unrest.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It is naive to think we can rely on a food system built for a different era<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The long-term outlook is even bleaker. In the aftermath of the Second World War, we took advantage of advances in production and transportation to design a system that delivers cheap food year-round in an \u201cendless summer\u201d of abundance. This global food system depends on three basic assumptions: seamless trade and stable geopolitics to allow food to move easily from where it is produced to where it is consumed; cheap energy to produce nitrogen fertilizer, power irrigation systems, fuel tractors and harvesting equipment, and keep the food trucks and refrigerators running; and a productive environment, including abundant water, fertile soils, and a moderate climate.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment9835135369466944243994406462994037\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment9835135369466944243994406462994037\">Advertisement 4<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>When geopolitics are stable, energy is cheap, and the environment is productive, the global food system is incredibly efficient. In the late 20th century, it was possible to build a food system on these assumptions. Today, none of these assumptions are being met. High and volatile energy prices, the challenge of an unpredictable climate, and a fractured world order that is suspicious and atavistic are the name of the new game. It is naive to think we can rely on a food system built for a different era.<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel4699825932294223904014956268349427\" class=\"more-topic\" data-carousel-component=\"\" data-carousel-icon-button=\"\" data-carousel-type=\"list\"> <button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-prev\" data-carousel-prev=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"previous\" type=\"button\"\/> <\/p>\n<ol class=\"more-topic__items list-unstyled\" data-carousel-slide-list=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\">  <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"A flooded cattle farm in Abbotsford, British Columbia, November 16, 2021.\" class=\"lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80 2x,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vw1117farm.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"> <span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> Evan Fraser: B.C. storms a reminder that our food supply system leaves us \u2018nine meals from anarchy\u2019 <\/span> <\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\">  <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/vw0826kale.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/vw0826kale.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/vw0826kale.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/vw0826kale.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, 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https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/vw0826kale.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/vw0826kale.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Small-scale farmers and large agri-food corporations are adopting regenerative agriculture, an approach to farming that reverses climate change by building up soil-bound organic matter.\" class=\"lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/vw0826kale.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/vw0826kale.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/vw0826kale.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80 2x,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/vw0826kale.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"> <span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> These two farming methods can feed the planet and help the environment \u2014 but they need to get along <\/span> <\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\">  <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/food-vw0606.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, 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formula in San Diego, California.\" class=\"lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/food-vw0606.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/food-vw0606.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/food-vw0606.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80 2x,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/food-vw0606.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"> <span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> World faces looming food crises driven by war, climate \u2018shocks\u2019: UN <\/span> <\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" 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                https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/no0422canola.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"> <span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> Canadian farmers move away from canola due to surging fertilizer costs, fear of drought <\/span> <\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-next\" data-carousel-next=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"next\" type=\"button\"\/> <\/section>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment708293800041856384893172603826644\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment708293800041856384893172603826644\">Advertisement 5<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-5\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" 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Vertical farming can be done in enclosed spaces that ensure fruit and vegetables are both environmentally sustainable and available year-round. New \u201ccell-based\u201d farms can produce high-quality proteins and nutrients in urban areas. Meanwhile, technologies such as smart tractors allow farmers to increase yields while simultaneously reducing environmental impact in traditional farming regions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the future farmers are as likely to wear a lab coat as to drive a tractor<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deploying these technologies will take work. Governments can help by investing in research and development, implementing carbon pricing, and incentivizing farming to adopt environmentally sustainable practices. Businesses need to collaborate by sharing data, developing systems to track carbon and other environmental impacts, and voluntarily adopting best practices. Universities and colleges need to change how we teach the next generation, recognizing that in the future farmers are as likely to wear a lab coat as to drive a tractor. Consumers must also step up, and those who are able should demand change every time we go to the grocery store.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment6928959813886624558408533716818455\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment6928959813886624558408533716818455\">Advertisement 6<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-6\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"6\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" id=\"ad-6\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Today, we find ourselves in a situation where our daily bread depends on political and environmental conditions that stretch far beyond our borders. The crises of the world make this a risky bet. But new technologies and production approaches mean that our rural farms can produce food sustainably, while our cities can become the home to sophisticated facilities that produce proteins, fruit, and vegetables. Ensuring these possibilities become reality will be a crucial in developing the kinds of food systems needed to withstand the challenges of the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p><em>Evan Fraser is director of the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph and Lenore Newman is director at the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__share-group article-delimiter\" data-evt=\"beforeunload\" data-evt-typ=\"page_scroll\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Share this article in your social network<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"article-content__ad-group\">\n<div class=\"ad__section-border ad__section-border--category visually-hidden\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment5548173297093187497827084472464454\" class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\" id=\"advertisment5548173297093187497827084472464454\">Advertisement <\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-acceptable\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-acceptable=\"\" data-ad-loc=\"1\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" id=\"ad-acceptable\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget article-content__widget-group article-content__widget-group--slot1\">\n<section aria-labelledby=\"FinancialPostTopStories5465382001751332063805452773822307\" class=\"newsletter-widget fp-headlinenews\" data-account-id=\"b9d3df2fccd108b5eff3c44f573b2cd6\" data-newsletter=\"single\" data-newsletter-component=\"\" data-target-list=\"FP_HeadlineNews\" data-widget=\"newsletter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 75w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 100w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 150w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 240w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 320w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 500w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 640w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 800w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 1024w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 1280w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg 1600w\" alt=\"Top Stories Newsletter logo\" class=\"newsletter-widget__logo newsletter-widget__logo--FP_HeadlineNews\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gstage.postmedia.digital\/10.6.1\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/logo\/newsletter-envelope.svg\" width=\"97\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-widget__body\">\n<h2 class=\"newsletter-widget__title\" id=\"FinancialPostTopStories5465382001751332063805452773822307\">Financial Post Top Stories<\/h2>\n<p class=\"newsletter-widget__text\">Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the Financial Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"js-replace-main\">  <small class=\"newsletter-widget__disclaimer text-size--micro\"> By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. 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