Canada’s decision to allow unrestricted Ukrainian chicken imports prompts political row, avian flu concerns

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Ukrainian poultry was recently approved to enter Canada. But some MPs currently studying the issue at committee scolded Minister Bibeau this week for rushing the decision over concerns it may exacerbate avian flu outbreaks and undermine supply management.

Minister of Agriculture Marie-Claude Bibeau rises in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, on June 3, 2020. Imported birds from the war-stricken country fuelled a political spat at a committee meeting on Wednesday when Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau made an appearance to answer questions from MPs. Chief among the issues was aapproved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Dec.

“There are many countries that are looking at what’s happening here, and there may be people who will try to be more incisive in their demands,” Conservative MP Richard Lehoux told Bibeau, suggesting there has been a new precedent set for trade. “I’m disappointed in how this issue was handled Madame Minister, and you don’t have to share my point of view, but I’m a former agricultural producer, and I do know the field.

 

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