At the moment, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency offers compensation that covers the value of the birds and the cost of depopulation and carcass disposal. However, there's no compensation for cleaning and disinfecting infected sites, and those costs are significant. In Quebec, the industry set up insurance to compensate producers, but our insurance plan has really been put to the test the past two years because of that.
On October 23rd, 2023. See this statement in context.