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Canada’s new “pandemic prevention and preparedness” bill includes disturbing clauses that seek to dramatically reshape the nation’s food supply.
In order to allegedly “reduce pandemic risk,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government will “regulate” meat production and other elements of the agriculture industry that are essential for feeding the general public.
In addition, the bill states that the government will “promote” the “production of alternative proteins” such as lab-grown “meat” and insect-based “foods” in order to “prepare” for the “next pandemic.”
Once passed, the legislation, Bill C-293, will give Trudeau’s Liberal Party sweeping powers to regulate the food supply to allegedly “prevent” as well as “prepare” for a future pandemic.
The bill, titled “An Act respecting pandemic prevention and preparedness,” is now in its second reading in the Canadian Senate and is expected to pass.
The bill would amend the Department of Health Act.
By doing so, the legislation will allow the minister of health to appoint a “National pandemic prevention and preparedness coordinator from among the officials of the Public Health Agency of Canada to coordinate the activities under the Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness Act.”
The bill was first introduced to the House of Commons by Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith in the summer of 2022.
The House later passed the bill in June of 2024 with support from the Liberals and NDP (New Democratic Party).
The Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois firmly opposed the bill.
Once the bill becomes law, it would allow the government, via federal bureaucrats at the Public Health Agency of Canada, to “regulate commercial activities that can contribute to pandemic risk, including industrial animal agriculture.”
Text from the bill also states that the government would be able to “promote commercial activities that can help reduce pandemic risk.”
The “activities” the government would “promote” include the “production of alternative proteins.”