New bill would also outlaw the export of live horses to be fattened for slaughter, with those found guilty facing a fine of up to $250,000 or a two-year jail term
The Prime Minister’s Office is supporting a bill brought forward by an MP Tuesday to ban the transport of live horses to Japan for slaughter to make a raw horse-meat delicacy.
The publication of the bill followed a meeting in July between Mr. Trudeau and singer-songwriter Jann Arden, who has been at the forefront of a campaign to end the export of live horses to Japan. “We have been working tirelessly for many years for the opportunity to show Canadians that this is an unnecessary and incredibly cruel business,” Ms. Arden said.
In the past five years, more than 14,500 large horses – including draft horses – have been flown from Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg to Japan, with a value of almost $93-million, according to Statistics Canada. Private members’ bills struggle to become law without government backing and need time in the parliamentary calendar to complete their required stages. But the Prime Minister’s Office signalled Tuesday it would carve out the time to speed the bill through the Commons.
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