But that is not all that matters. The real world is a more complicated place, as I shall explain in a moment. And that is why a floating exchange rate regime makes sense for Canada. The case typically made for a floating rate for Canada is that it gives us the chance to run an independent monetary policy. That is true.
Over-irrigation of the soil takes out all of the embedded nutrients and makes the soil fallow. In addition, it can lead to erosion and runoff, which can make the ground less stable and less able to hold fruits, vegetables, and plants.
Unfortunately, industrial agriculture practices continue to damage and deplete this valuable natural resource. While intensive plowing and monocrop agriculture systems have caused nutrient depletion and wide-scale soil erosion, over-application of fertilizers and pesticides has contaminated our soils and polluted our waterways.