He notes Section 16 of the act says ‘person,’ which refers to those who inspect or administer

the act. The next section lists five categories of people.

“Everybody else is totally fine,” McRae said. “We also do have a Charter of Rights

and Freedoms which kind of trumps a whole bunch of laws anyways.”

McRae said the Animal Health Act, which has not been updated since 1948, does

not reflect modern disease and government’s ability to react to it.