Agriculture committee  A brief clarifying our thinking on this amendment has already been sent. What we are saying is that anyone who enters without authorization presents a biosafety risk. Even if that person respects certain biosafety protocols, they increase the risk, because they can cause stress.

Agriculture committee  Provincial ministries can always be contacted to report cases of animal abuse by a producer. You can also contact humane societies. There are already mechanisms in place regarding denunciation. As Mr. Doyon and others have said, there are already people who go to farms, who are authorized to go and who can flag problems that might be experienced on the farm.