Stop Bill C-27
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Enforcement Act - Bill C-27 was introduced into Parliament on November 26, 2004 and is currently on its way to Second Reading. If passed, Bill C-27 would:
- Consolidate and concentrate the CFIA's power
- Authorize the CFIA to re-write Canada's food and agriculture regulations
- Affect the regulations under the Meat Inspection, Fish Inspection, Health of Animals, Feeds, Seeds, Crop Protection, Fertilizer, Customs, Canadian Agricultural Products, Consumer Packaging and Labelling, Competition, Monetary Penalties, and CFIA Acts.
- Facilitate the privatization of the food and agriculture regulatory system.
- Let the CFIA make agreements with foreign governments and corporations to collect any information for the investigation or enforcement of any law.
- Make it even harder for the family farm and the small food processor to survive because of the CFIA's track record of regulating in the interests of export, trade and promotion of the corporate agri-food sector.