The Provincial Animal Welfare Services (PAWS) Act, 2019 has received Royal Assent and will come into force on January 1, 2020.

On October 29, 2019, the Ontario government tabled The Provincial Animal Welfare Services (PAWS) Act, which, if passed, would establish an enforcement team made up of a chief inspector, locally deployed provincial inspectors and specialized inspectors for agriculture, zoos, aquariums and equines. Inspectors would conduct outreach and education on animal care, proactive, risk-based inspections, reactive […]