These comments are direct quotations from the Hansard
documents.
Transporting Compromised Animals
Mr.
Roger Gaudet (Berthier—Montcalm, BQ): Mr. Speaker, the Food
Inspection Agency recently decided to reinstate a rule on transporting
compromised animals and did not bother to notify hog producers about it.
As a result, a number of them were heavily fined and feel they were caught
in a trap.
What measures does the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food intend to
take to bring the Food Inspection Agency to order and make it stop this
abusive and prejudicial treatment of farmers in my region?
[English]
Hon. Bob Speller (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.): Mr.
Speaker, I was in Quebec last Thursday and Friday, where I met with the
hog producers in Quebec. They brought this issue to my attention. I told
them I would most certainly look into it. I have asked the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency to look into this issue.
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