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#CETA STOP THE IMPORT OF #DIERENLEED : NO CANADIAN KILOKNALLERS. Within the CETA Free Trade Agreement, it is possible to continue discussions with Canada about animal welfare requirements. That's what Minister Kaag said this week in response to parliamentary questions about the much lower animal welfare standards in Canada. However, this does not mean that anything is actually improving for the animals. According to the Minister, importing requirements on the grounds of animal welfare is only “very limited possible”.
The CETA free trade agreement threatens the Canadian animal welfare level to become the norm for us as well. That is bad news for animals, because Canada has even fewer animal welfare laws than the EU. CETA only sets requirements on finished products, but not on how they are produced. So there is nothing fixed about the way animals are treated.
In other words, it does not matter how your Canadian steak was made, as long as it meets EU health requirements. There could have been an enormous amount of animal suffering.
The Party for the Animals asked questions about the lower animal welfare standards in Canada. Responses from Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, show that it is only very limited possible to impose import requirements on the grounds of animal welfare. This is partly due to the fact that in Canada a large number of animal welfare requirements are established at regional level. That leaves much to be desired.
In Canada, sows are allowed to stay clamped in a steel cage for life. This cruel practice is banned in Europe. In Canadian pig farming, group housing for sows would be mandatory on 1 July 2024, but Minister Kaag said he could not make any statements about meeting this date. It is quite possible that it will be postponed.
The welfare requirements for livestock transport are also of a sadly lower level in Canada. Animals may be on transport between 36 and 52 hours. Moreover, it is customary for animals to be 'prepared' for transport by not giving them water and food five hours before departure. Barbaric conditions.
Also the extremely painful branding of cattle is still permitted in Canada. In addition, Canada has hardly any protection of laboratory animals, and rodents do not even have any protection.
The fact is, the animals will be the big losers when CETA gets through. But we can still stop the treaty! The Netherlands has the opportunity to vote out of the free trade agreement. That's why we ask you to call MPs to vote against CETA. Do you take action and give the animals a voice?
The CETA free trade agreement threatens the Canadian animal welfare level to become the norm for us as well. That is bad news for animals, because Canada has even fewer animal welfare laws than the EU. CETA only sets requirements on finished products, but not on how they are produced. So there is nothing fixed about the way animals are treated.
In other words, it does not matter how your Canadian steak was made, as long as it meets EU health requirements. There could have been an enormous amount of animal suffering.
The Party for the Animals asked questions about the lower animal welfare standards in Canada. Responses from Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, show that it is only very limited possible to impose import requirements on the grounds of animal welfare. This is partly due to the fact that in Canada a large number of animal welfare requirements are established at regional level. That leaves much to be desired.
In Canada, sows are allowed to stay clamped in a steel cage for life. This cruel practice is banned in Europe. In Canadian pig farming, group housing for sows would be mandatory on 1 July 2024, but Minister Kaag said he could not make any statements about meeting this date. It is quite possible that it will be postponed.
The welfare requirements for livestock transport are also of a sadly lower level in Canada. Animals may be on transport between 36 and 52 hours. Moreover, it is customary for animals to be 'prepared' for transport by not giving them water and food five hours before departure. Barbaric conditions.
Also the extremely painful branding of cattle is still permitted in Canada. In addition, Canada has hardly any protection of laboratory animals, and rodents do not even have any protection.
The fact is, the animals will be the big losers when CETA gets through. But we can still stop the treaty! The Netherlands has the opportunity to vote out of the free trade agreement. That's why we ask you to call MPs to vote against CETA. Do you take action and give the animals a voice?
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