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Bill C-205 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act

This bill is from the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2021.

Sponsor

John Barlow  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Report stage (House), as of June 21, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Health of Animals Act to make it an offence to enter a place in which animals are kept, or take in any animal or thing, if doing so could reasonably result in the exposure of the animals to a disease or toxic substance that is capable of affecting or contaminating them.

Similar bills

C-275 (44th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms)
C-205 (43rd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-205s:

C-205 (2025) An Act to amend the National Housing Strategy Act
C-205 (2021) An Act to amend the Impact Assessment Act
C-205 (2015) ALS Month Act

Votes

March 10, 2021 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-205, An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on May 6, 2021

  • Jaspinder Komal, Vice-President, Science Branch, Chief Veterinary Officer and World Organisation for Animal Health Delegate for Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Mary-Jane Ireland, Executive Director, Animal Health Directorate, Policy and Programs Branch, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Kelvin Mathuik, Director General, Western Area, Operations Branch, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on May 25, 2021

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on June 3, 2021

  • J. Scott Weese, Professor, University of Guelph, As an Individual
  • Brian Evans, Veterinarian, Deputy Director, World Organisation for Animal Health (Retired), Chief Veterinary Officer of Canada (Retired), Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
  • Nick de Graaf, First Vice-Chair, Chicken Farmers of Canada
  • Lisa Bishop-Spencer, Director of Brand and Communications, Chicken Farmers of Canada
  • Henry Ceelen, Veterinarian, Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
  • Jorge Correa, Vice-President, Market Access and Technical Affairs, Canadian Meat Council
  • Phil Boyd, Executive Director, Turkey Farmers of Canada
  • Darren Ference, Chair of the Board, Turkey Farmers of Canada
  • Marcel Groleau, General President, Union des producteurs agricoles

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on June 15, 2021

  • Jaspinder Komal, Vice-President, Science Branch, Chief Veterinary Officer and World Organisation for Animal Health Delegate for Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Jane Pritchard, Interim Registrar, College of Veterinarians of British Columbia, As an Individual
  • Pierre Lampron, President, Dairy Farmers of Canada
  • David Wiens, Vice-President, Dairy Farmers of Canada
  • Pierre-Luc Leblanc, President, Les Éleveurs de volailles du Québec
  • Érik Tremblay, Special Advisor, Government Relations and International Trade, Dairy Farmers of Canada

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on June 17, 2021

  • Jacques Maziade, Legislative Clerk
  • Jane Dudley, Senior Counsel, Agriculture and Food Inspection Legal Services, Canadian Food Inspection Agency