Hon. David Lametti at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

I salute the work done by our colleague from Calgary Nose Hill. It is true that the purpose, at least regarding bestiality, was quite similar. We've gone further in this bill to add another area of protection—the animal fighting provisions—that were also deemed to be important by a number of different intervenors and advocates in the area as something that everybody could get behind and agree upon.

This bill actually goes further, but I do salute the work that Ms. Rempel has done in putting forward that particular bill.