I want to bring your attention to quotes from a couple of New Democratic Party MPs, which greatly disturbed me. Along with the three of you, I have been fighting the animal rights movement for about 20-plus years. I agree with both Mr. Rodgers and Mr. LeBlanc that this is a movement that has been dampened down. As hunters, anglers, and trappers we're actually in pretty good shape.
But on October 27, 2014, Jean Crowder, the New Democrat MP for Nanaimo—Cowichan said that she supports legislation in which “animals would be considered people and not just property.” That is a direct quote.
Similarly, Françoise Boivin, the New Democrat MP for Gatineau, Quebec, in the same debate said that animals should be treated—