Agriculture committee  Yes, it would be. With the pilots and CBSA, I think they're just the wrong people to give the declaration to. I think it needs to be under CFIA. Number two is that if there are proper facilities at these airports to detain horses.... I'm just talking about companion horses and

Agriculture committee  I'm going to answer in English, because unfortunately my French is not up to standard. A lot of the show and companion horses that are being transported are handled and have been trained and halter broken for these purposes. When we have, for example, yearlings, which are horse

Agriculture committee  No, we do not want the horses to lie down. If that's happening, then the horse is in distress. We always want the horses to be standing up in their stalls to make sure that we can properly feed and water them. In our opinion, if they go down for a second time, then we have a conv

Agriculture committee  There was none.

Agriculture committee  Yes, I agree with this statement. In my personal opinion and in my colleagues' opinions, I think giving the declaration into the hands of CBSA over airline pilots—as I stated—is wrong. The only government agency that should be looking at this and making these decisions is the CF

Agriculture committee  That's correct, yes.

Agriculture committee  Chair and committee members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, my name is Kenneth Serrien, and I'm the managing director of Overseas Horse Services Ltd. Overseas Horse Services Ltd. is a transportation company that organizes flights for sport and companion h