Thank you for the question.
There has been a lot of discussion about a hog farm in Quebec where it was alleged that trespassers brought in disease. There actually is no evidence of this. It was not a point in the Crown's case at trial. The judge rejected testimony from the farm owner at trial that this would have occurred.
A subsequent inspection by authorities after that sit-in found filthy conditions. There were too many pigs. There was an accumulation of manure on this farm. There was an insect infestation, and there was a dying sow that should have been euthanized without delay. I would just say that there were pretty troubling conditions on this farm to start with and no link between the sit-in and the disease.