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e-1219 (Cruelty to animals)

E-petition
Initiated by Charlene Myers from Kamloops, British Columbia

Original language of petition: English

Petition to the Government of Canada

Whereas:
  • Undercover video taken in locations where chickens, turkeys, pigs, and cattle are raised, transported, and/or slaughtered have uncovered extreme animal abuse;
  • A recent poll found that the majority of Canadians oppose animal cruelty to the extent that they are willing to pay more for food;
  • Since spokespersons for the businesses in which such animal abuse is uncovered typically state that they were unaware the abuse was taking place, they do not appear to monitor their employees sufficiently to ensure that animals are not abused;
  • Given the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has limited resources, video surveillance would be a cost-effective way of improving compliance with our laws, and ensure animals are treated more humanely; and
  • Israel and France have passed laws to require slaughterhouses to install video surveillance to improve the humane treatment of animals.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to require slaughterhouses and other industrial agri-businesses that raise, transport, or slaughter large numbers of animals to install video surveillance equipment, with a feed that can be viewed by CFIA officials and the public.
Government response tabled on March 26, 2018 (Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-41-15)
Open for signature
August 8, 2017, at 4:24 p.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
December 6, 2017, at 4:24 p.m. (EDT)
Presented to the House of Commons
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Beaches—East York)
February 7, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02036)
Government response tabled
March 26, 2018
Photo - Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
Beaches—East York
Liberal Caucus
Ontario