Substack, Shirley Guertin, May 26, 2025The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) enforces policies under the Health of Animals Act that allow unannounced inspections and rapid livestock culling without farmer recourse.Suspected H5 avian influenza triggers immediate testing and, often within 48 hours, mass culling (“depopulation”) of entire flocks—sometimes based on just a few sick birds.The CFIA...