Introduce legislation to end cosmetic testing on animals as soon as 2023 and phase out toxicity testing on animals by 2035.

Work with partners to curb illegal wildlife trade and end elephant and rhinoceros ivory trade in Canada.

Introduce legislation to protect animals in captivity.

Ban the live export of horses for slaughter.

Work with our partners to help women and children fleeing violence stay united with their companion animals.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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• 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.

— Canada's Recovery Plan, retrieved 2021-08-18

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