Report of the committee
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry has the honour to present its
FOURTEENTH REPORT
Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-275, An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms), has, in obedience to the order of reference of May 9, 2024, examined the said bill and now reports the same with the following amendment:
1.Clause 1, page 1: Replace line 6 with the following:
“9.1 No person shall”.
Your committee has also made certain observations, which are appended to this report.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT BLACK
Chair
Observations to the fourteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Bill C-275)
Regulation of biosecurity
The committee recognizes the importance of biosecurity on farms and observes that, according to evidence from a representative of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, compliance with biosecurity protocols is currently voluntary.
The committee observes that the Governor in Council has the authority to make obligatory regulations to protect biosecurity on farms under section 64 of the Health of Animals Act. The committee invites the Governor in Council to develop and implement effective regulations on this subject.