Canada’s slow progress on animal transport

If history repeats itself, these new regulations may not be adequately enforced—and may be back on the drawing board sooner rather than later.

Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, pictured in this file photo on the Hill, is the minister responsible for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY EDANA BROWN, STEPHANIE BROWN

October 23, 2017

Last December, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency published updates to transport regulations in Canada Gazette I. CFIA’s Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement (RIAS) notes that current regulations are so outdated that: they do not reflect current science on the care and handling of animals; they...

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