Animal cruelty bill strikes a chord with Canadians, says Paul Macklin

Last May the Liberal government introduced its latest legislative initiative to modernize Canada's animal cruelty laws, but C-50, the seventh such bill introduced since 1998, faces similar opposition as its predecessors from a coalition of over 300,000 hu

Liberal MP Paul Macklin, Parliamentary Secretary to Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, is only too familiar with letter-writing campaigns. After all, he helped Mr. Colter steer the same-sex bill through Parliament this year, a job which he says had him wading through

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