Bill Detail
An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act and the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations (live horses)
This Act amends the Health of Animals Act to prohibit the export from Canada of live horses and other equines for slaughter. It also amends the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations to make the administrative monetary penalty regime set out in those regulations applicable to a violation of the prohibition on the export of live horses or other equines for slaughter.
Bill S-270, also known as the Horse Protection Act, aimed to stop the export of live horses and other equines from Canada if they were intended for slaughter. It proposed adding a specific prohibition in the Health of Animals Act against such exports. The bill also intended to ensure that existing penalty regulations under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Act would apply to anyone violating this new export ban.