My thanks to the member for Whitby for being such a strong voice for his community and for asking this question.

When I think about some piece of this legislation that really applies to my riding—and specifically, the diversity that he’s referring to, where I have urban cores alongside quite rural areas, of course bordering two Great Lakes—I think about the changes to the Veterinarians Act. When the Veterinarians Act came into effect, people didn’t have as many pets as they do nowadays, but they had a lot of farm animals and they had a lot of horses that they used for transportation and for various reasons. One day, vets in my riding are treating important pets to people and their families, and the next day, they’re on a farm, treating in an industrial type of setting, to make sure that we’re eating safe food. The changes that we’re bringing forward in this act will update and modernize that act to ensure that we’re reflecting the changes in Ontario and the needs of animal welfare.

We saw labour disruptions impact our supply chains, and we’re taking action to make sure that doesn’t happen again, but we’re doing so in a way that protects our environment, protects workers, and protects the health of the people of this province, and we’re going to keep doing that.