Agriculture committee  It isn't a problem, sir. There are no hard feelings. Thank you so much.

Agriculture committee  I'll take this question. It is a very good question. In the current Health of Animals Act, we have these provisions. If there is a disease outbreak on a farm, and CFIA inspectors find out that there is a disease happening, and it's a regulated disease under the Health of Animal

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The federal laws are there when there is an issue of interprovincial or national or international jurisdiction that we need to look at in the context of trade. When it comes to things within the province, especially in agriculture on the farm, it would be

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll ask if Mary-Jane wants to take this question.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. To the question from the member, yes, biosecurity is a strong tool to prevent diseases. As I explained in my answer to the other question, we are there to support the development and implementation of biosecurity measures. It is a provincial producer's resp

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. To the member's question, yes, collaboration—co-operation—is a key and the principle that we work under every day when we are working at dealing with any agriculture issues. We do look at what are our responsibilities and how we divide them. As I said, ther

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll try to answer this question. Those charges would involve, as Kelvin talked about, humane transportation, for example, or cases in which the animal treatment is not being done properly at the slaughter plant. We have provisions in the act for issuing mo

Agriculture committee  I would pass this question to Mr. Mathuik, because he is on the ground he will be better able to explain.

Agriculture committee  With regard to laws that pertain to the health of animals, we know that south of the border, the USDA's health of animals laws are very similar to what we have in the Health of Animals Act. These laws are made pursuant to the standards developed by the OIE, the World Organisati

Agriculture committee  Perhaps I can start. I will ask my colleagues to add to this, if they want. As was mentioned previously, many provinces have implemented legislation for trespassing. Normally, if these things happen, a producer can call peace officers to ensure that they are protected. They can

Agriculture committee  The intent of the bill, as it is, is to protect against trespassing. The second intent is with regard to biosecurity. In our minds, as experts in animal health, it is a little bit difficult to reconcile the one with the other. A breach in biosecurity can be caused by anybody—a fa

Agriculture committee  Dr. Ireland wants to respond to this.

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. To our knowledge there are not many documented cases from trespassing or from people demonstrating. The one that I heard about is the one in Quebec, but I'm not sure if there's evidence that there actually was transmission from the activists to the pi

Agriculture committee  There is provincial legislation. There's the Criminal Code, and as I said before, the jurisdiction on the farm is a provincial responsibility, and therefore it's pertinent that they and the peace officers will enforce these kind of activities. CFIA is not there on the farms unles

Agriculture committee  For this question maybe I'll ask my colleague Dr. Ireland to explain the differences with regard to how they're implemented. Over to you, Mary-Jane.