In my opinion, when a break and enter occurs on a farm, the local police should be the first to respond because they can be deployed the fastest. The same is true for a home invasion, where the RCMP, municipal police or national police can respond immediately.
The next step is to submit a report to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to determine whether animal abuse actually took place. I'm the first to refuse to defend people who would dare to harm animals.
I think that the first step is for the police to obtain warrants under legislation that enables them to respond.
This bill is important because, right now, the police and some governments are struggling to deal with this issue. Bill C-205 is important to us.