Thank you, Mr. Chair.
In response to Mr. Zigayer's comments and Mr. Calkins' comments with respect to the word “wilful” within the statute, I wish to remind all of you of the testimony we heard from the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, which was that the major flaw in animal cruelty laws right now is the presence of the word “wilful” beside the word “negligence”. It's because of that word “wilful” that there's so much difficulty in securing convictions, yet here we are, about to vote down an amendment to remove that word.