The federal Conservatives are proposing legislation that threatens jail for animal rights protesters who trespass on farmers’ private property and endanger their animals’ health.
Bill C-275, or “An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms),” passed second reading in the House of Commons on June 21 after MPs voted almost unanimously in favour, by a vote of 313 to 3, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
Only Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and the two Green Party MPs—Elizabeth May and Mike Morrice—voted against the private member’s bill, which will now move to the next stage to be considered by the Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food….