09/25/2025
Ostrich update
The latest news I'm privy to is this:
1. Partly because of the political pressure tens of thousands of you have been putting on MPs, Ministers, and anyone who will listen, the Supreme Court came through at the 11th hour with a stay of ex*****on. This does NOT mean the ostriches are safe. By all accounts the CFIA is getting ready to slaughter apparently healthy animals. KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. Let the government know you demand answers.
2. The Conservative Party of Canada is demanding to know - in the House of Commons - why the slaughter is necessary, and why no further testing has been done or allowed. Loudly and effectively. Why won't the Liberal government Ministers of Agriculture and Health intervene with the CFIA? How can they determine current health on the basis of two sloppy PCR tests back in January?
3. My Chief of Staff, my Parliamentary Analyst and I have been visiting the farm for months now and I'm working as hard as possible behind the scenes to do what I can to bring needed change and save the ostriches. While I am in Ottawa my Chief of Staff, Marcy Kennedy, is taking every opportunity to be at the farm and oversee the welfare of the animals.
4. I spoke today in the House and demanded that the Liberals explain to Canadians why this cull is necessary after eight months of apparent health, and why they refuse to do adequate testing or allow the farm to use proper testing. The text of my statement was this:
"๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด.
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐, ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐บ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ.
๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ข ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ?
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. W๐ฉ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด?"
It may sound like this is too tame, and I agree, but politics is a matter of threading a needle in such a way as to get larger agreement, and that's what I've done.
5. My Chief of Staff was at the farm again today, doing what she can to document any issues and liaise with the police. Marcy 's involvement may well have alerted the Supreme Court to the urgency of this case and I thank God I have people like her on my team.
6. Please keep in mind that the RCMP are just doing their job...they have no choice. I happen to know personally that some of them are disgusted by the disgraceful behaviour of the Liberals on this file. One of them had tears in his eyes. I encourage the protests but please don't take it out on the police. Having dozens of police there is a tremendous waste of police resources, and they don't want to be there any more than you do. Ask the Liberals why they are there. I did.
7. A letter allegedly from an Indigenous band has been circulating in the media. We contacted the band and they are aware of the letter but are unsure of its origin. At this time they have taken no position on the cull.
