Item - 2013.MM36.14

City Council on June 11, 12 and 13, 2013, adopted the following:

1.         City Council direct the City Manager to convey to the Government of Canada its support for Private Member's Bill C-322, "An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act and the Meat Inspection Act (slaughter of horses for human consumption)," which prohibits the importation or export of horses into or from Canada for the purpose of slaughter or human consumption.

2.         City Council, in view of the financial support provided to the horse racing industry through the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission as well as other means of support, call upon the Government of Ontario to prohibit the sale, movement and shipment of horses in Ontario for the purpose of slaughter and that this ban extend to the movement of horses from Ontario to other jurisdictions for this purpose.

3.         City Council call upon the Government of Ontario, should it fail to prohibit the sale, movement and shipment of horses in Ontario for the purpose of slaughter including the movement of horses from Ontario to other jurisdictions for this purpose, to establish a fund to cover all costs associated with the euthanasia of horses in the Province of Ontario.

4.         City Council call upon the Government of Ontario to prohibit race horse owners from participating in the horse racing industry in Ontario if they participate in the sale, movement and shipment of horses in Ontario for the purpose of slaughter including the movement of horses from Ontario to other jurisdictions for this purpose.