date:Apr 17, 2014
t request it.
Atamanenko withdrew an earlier bill that sought a total ban on horse slaughter in Canada and then substituted C-571 in hopes that a more limited ban might attract enough support. He is a member of the minority New Democratic Party and a retired school teacher.
Atamanenko wants to make it more difficult for Canadas four federally inspected equine processors to do business by imposing requirements he says are designed to keep drugs out of the food chain.
Overall his bill would cut