What the government heard was exactly what it wanted to hear and what it drafted the engagement survey language to ensure. Dissenting voices weren’t even counted.
Following the lead of Alberta and Ontario, Manitoba has proposed its own draft Ag Gag legislation which seeks to amend the Animal Diseases Act to…
The Ontario government is trying to push through dangerous ag-gag legislation intended to conceal cruelty on farms. Bill 156 would make it illegal for whistleblowers…
Together with Droit animalier Québec (DAQ), we’ve released a new PSA on the epidemic of barn fires in Quebec to raise awareness and ask supporters…
Since 2015, nearly half a million animals have lost their lives in barn fires in Quebec. Statistics from the Quebec Ministry of Public Safety indicate…
There’s a hidden slaughter taking place just outside Moose Mountain Provincial Park in Saskatchewan. Using war terminology to describe its actions, an “eradication” team has set its sights on killing every single member of a group of animals it has deemed pests. The animals in question are wild pigs.
Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Wednesday that Canadian cattle and dairy producers will be given a “two-year transition period” before enforcement will begin for the amended Humane Transportation of Animals regulations. The minister also hinted that the regulations meant to protect cattle may be weakened in the process as “more data on effective solutions concerning the transport of cattle” are gathered (specifically, from research conducted by the Beef Cattle Research Council).
The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) has been given $4.56 million from the federal government to update its industry codes of practice, starting with…
On Wednesday, the federal government finally released its revised animal transport regulations, which had remained unchanged since 1977. The new regulations are nothing but a…
A newly released review by The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has exposed serious problems with Canada’s veterinary services – the Canadian Food Inspection…
