Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for appearing today.
You mentioned in your opening remarks that the animal that was the impetus for this bill, Quanto, was a law enforcement animal. I note in the bill that there are also two other definitions: “military animal” and “service animal”. In some cases there are slightly different penalties with respect to the killing or injury to those animals.
I wonder if you could tell us the rationale for extending Quanto's law to encompass service animals and military animals, as well as law enforcement animals?