Agriculture committee  Yes. I was going to say that there are particular concerns with certain fragile animals, like cull dairy cows. Because of the way the system is structured, they have to go through auctions first, rather than directly to slaughter. That's another change that could happen. By way of example, that's what extends their time substantially.

Agriculture committee  Do you want to go ahead, Barb?

Agriculture committee  Yes. Thanks, Barb and MP Taylor Roy. We've heard a few times about—and have already had questions on—the issue of limited slaughter capacity in Canada. It's not an easy, quick fix, I imagine, but it's certainly something that has a lot of buy-in. We know farmers in multiple provinces have expressed this concern.

Agriculture committee  Yes, absolutely. I agree with what Ms. Cartwright said. Yes, definitely there is a need for more localized and regional slaughter facilities, for animal welfare reasons and other reasons that some small farmers have talked about publicly in the media and on websites, etc.

Agriculture committee  Oh, that's a heavy one. First off, I'll clarify that our goal is not to end animal agriculture. We are very clear in our campaigns that we do promote less meat and dairy consumption for climate, more sustainable food production and biodiversity protection, but we do not advocate a vegan diet.

Agriculture committee  Okay, I think that was enough.

Agriculture committee  Okay, great. Thank you so much. Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members, for the invitation to speak today. I’m the farming campaign manager at World Animal Protection. We're an international animal welfare charity. We work collaboratively with stakeholders to improve farm animal welfare, and we are also a member of the National Farm Animal Care Council.