• Banning Puppy Mills
° Stopping unethical breeders and dealers from misleading the public by claiming to offer rescue animals or pets bred humanely when that isn’t the case.
° Banning the importation of animals bred inhumanely.
° Strengthening CFIA’s ability to enforce current regulations and seize animals when imported under poor welfare conditions.
• Banning cosmetic testing on animals
° Amending the Food and Drug Act and its regulations to implement a ban modelled on the European Union ban.
• Addressing the links between violence against animals and violence against people
° Providing $10 million per year to train judges and prosecutors on the links between violence against animals and violence against people.
° Increasing cross-reporting between animal welfare and child welfare agencies
° Adding animal cruelty as an aggravating factor in domestic violence prosecutions to go after abusers who hurt their spouse by hurting their spouse’s pet
• Supporting pet owners fleeing violence by working with the sector to ensure that there are better options for women to leave abusive homes without having to abandon their pets
• Working with the Council of Ministers of Education to promote humane education as part of education on the environment and sustainability
• Addressing the Threat Posed by Animal Markets and Trade in Wild Animals
° Supporting and encouraging the closure of poorly regulated wildlife markets globally that carry an elevated risk of becoming sources for future pandemics;
° Ending the importation of and trade in wild or exotic animals and their products that carry an elevated risk of spreading zoonotic diseases.