Bill C-275 overestimates risk of human-to-animal disease transmission

As the bill worked its way through the House of Commons, some debate was marked by discussion of the potential risks and harms associated with diseases spreading between humans and animals.

Conservative MP John Barlow's private members' bill, C-275—an Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms)—passed third reading in the House of Commons on Nov. 29 and is now at the Senate.The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

Opinion

BY DAT NGUYEN

November 30, 2023

The discussion in Parliament on Bill C-275—an Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms)—would benefit from some additional public health perspective on the potential risks of zoonotic transmission between humans and farm animals.

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