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Agriculture committee I'll take that for my colleague Dr. Ireland. The standards and requirements are the same. They're laid out in legislation. Our veterinarians apply them every day. They speak to stocking density. They speak to the conditions of the animals in transport. To a question from earlier
February 29th, 2024Committee meeting
Dr. Rick James-Davies
Agriculture committee I would come back to the existing legislation that allows permitted activities. Our veterinarians are there to monitor that every day, as my colleague has said. Our veterinarians are there on the farm when the loads are prepared. They're there at the airport when the trucks arriv
February 29th, 2024Committee meeting
Dr. Rick James-Davies
Agriculture committee It is our expectation that those incidents are reported to us. The commercial shipments that go by air are accompanied by a member of the industry who has care and control of the horses, so they're certainly there to monitor the condition of the horses. As Dr. Ireland has said,
February 29th, 2024Committee meeting
Dr. Rick James-Davies
Agriculture committee It's a legislative requirement for them to report—
February 29th, 2024Committee meeting
Dr. Rick James-Davies
Agriculture committee The legislation certainly covers the entire journey and sets the feed, water and rest interval at 28 hours. It sets a reporting requirement on the industries involved, as we've said, regardless of end use. That's currently our legislative requirement, and we would expect industry
February 29th, 2024Committee meeting
Dr. Rick James-Davies
Agriculture committee Thank you, Dr. Ireland and Mr. Chair. The CFIA's activities are in line with a suite of regulations and policies that regulate the animal industry as a whole. The majority of those activities happen downstream from the farms. As Dr. Ireland has said, on-farm biosecurity is real
October 5th, 2023Committee meeting
Dr. Rick James-Davies
Agriculture committee There's no regulatory regime to do on-farm inspections of biosecurity.
October 5th, 2023Committee meeting
Dr. Rick James-Davies
Agriculture committee Well, I think, as Dr. Ireland said, that's really a shared responsibility across the sector. CFIA's role is to respond to acts and regulations put forward by Parliament, and a change in regulation would certainly change the nature of our activities.
October 5th, 2023Committee meeting
Dr. Rick James-Davies