Every Parliamentarians Vote on Bill C-293 June 5th 20204

https://openparliament.ca/votes/44-1/802/

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https://www.parl.ca/documentviewer/en/44-1/bill/C-293/third-reading

• “after consultation with relevant provincial ministers, a summary of changes in land use in Canada, including in relation to disturbed habitats, that could contribute to pandemic risk, such as deforestation, encroachment on wildlife habitats and urbanization and that were made”.

• Since ‘changes in land use’ are not defined, this can be changes that alter rights and include the possibility of expropriation of land to ‘reduce pandemic risk’

• “including measures to regulate or phase out live animal markets,”  Live animal markets are how beef farmers get calves to fatten.  Without live animal markets, animal agriculture is at risk”
• “regulate commercial activities that can contribute to pandemic risk, including industrial animal agriculture”,
• “promote commercial activities that can help reduce pandemic risk, including the production of alternative proteins, and…”

• the communications capacity and infrastructure for electronic platforms and tools, including electronic applications that enable contact tracing of persons exposed to infectious diseases that could lead to pandemics;” this provision says “including” which means NOT LIMITED TO, therefore the owning of COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS, can be any grabbing of this infrastructure and is a worrisome provision.”
• “the manufacturing capacity in Canada with respect to any product relevant to pandemic preparedness,”  regulating the Manufacturing Capacity in Canada is not defined, nor is relevant product.  This is a worrisome infringement on industry and has the potential for abuse.

Bill C-293 claims:

“One Health Approach – a multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary collaborative approach that focuses on the human, animal, plant and ecosystem health and welfare interface…[is necessary] to prevent…the risk of future pandemics.”

Bill C-293 is a perpetual Emergency Act with no threshold to enter. It only has to:

“…prevent the risk of and prepare for anything that could lead to pandemics”

“Risks” and “Pandemics” are not defined.

It attempts to eliminate the jurisdiction of the Constitution by granting itself the mandate to:

“…align approaches and address any jurisdictional challenges…”

It purports to govern anything, anyplace:

“…Canadian activities, domestic and abroad…”

HOW FAR IN THE FUTURE?

HOW MUCH OR HOW LITTLE RISK?

THERE IS NO THRESHOLD TO ENTER OR OFFBOARDING THIS PERPETUAL EMERGENCY ACT.

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• It attempts to eliminate the jurisdiction of the Constitution: “…align approaches and address any jurisdictional challenges…”

• It is a perpetual Emergency Act with no threshold to enter.
• Only has to: “…prevent the risk of and prepare for anything that could lead to pandemics”

• It claims jurisdiction to:

  – manage “the manufacturing capacity in Canada with respect to any product relevant to pandemic preparedness,” regulating the Manufacturing Capacity in Canada is not defined, nor is relevant product. This is a worrisome infringement on industry and has the potential for abuse.

  – dictate the ‘working conditions of essential workers across all sectors,” Since essentials workers is not defined it can be any worker in any sector (also not defined) the working conditions can be any conditions they set.

  This is a worrisome infringement on employment, labour, union and self-employed persons and there is no limit on the possible conditions that may be set.

  Why should this open ended provision be permitted to stand?

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