The federal agriculture minister says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is following “due process” as it prepares for a cull of about 400 ostriches at a farm in British Columbia.
Protesters have called for the ostriches at the farm in Edgewood, B.C., to be saved, drawing support from U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is the administrator for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Asked about U.S. interventions in the case, Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald said he didn’t think important decisions should be made by following social media.
“I think if we follow Twitter or that type of thing with any major decisions that we’re making here in Canada, I’m not sure that that’s the appropriate course of action,” MacDonald said.
He said he felt sorry for the farmers but there was an obligation to protect Canada’s industries.
He said he hadn’t been in contact with his U.S. counterpart on the issue.
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