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CFHS Brings the Issue of Animal Welfare to Canada’s Political Parties

On October 14th, 2008 Canadians will go to the polls to decide which candidate will be elected in their riding, which leader will be made Prime Minister and which party will form the new government. The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) knows that animal welfare is an important issue for many Canadians and that it would be valuable, during this election campaign, for each party to have the opportunity to share their views with all Canadians. To provide this opportunity, the CFHS distributed the following four questions to all five major political parties requesting their stance on a variety of animal welfare issues, including: farm animal welfare, particularly during transport and at slaughter; federal animal cruelty legislation and the government’s oversight of food safety and animal welfare. Each party was asked to respond to the questions for publication by the CFHS.

We asked the following questions:

2008 Election Campaign Animal Welfare Questionnaire
  1. What steps would your party take, if any, to make the welfare of farm animals a higher priority of government?
  2. Are you concerned about livestock transport times? Would your party move to reduce transport times and improve conditions for animals in transit and at slaughter? If so, how?
  3. Do you think industry self-auditing is the way to go for food safety and animal welfare or do you support stringent government oversight of slaughterhouses?
  4. Do you think the animal cruelty sections of the Criminal Code need to be changed? If so, what changes would your party propose?

Click on the party logos to see their responses.

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