Ontario appeals decision to strike down parts of bill
Toronto Star|May 11, 2024
Law made it illegal to work undercover on animal farms
LIAM CASEY
Ontario appeals decision to strike down parts of bill

Regan Russell protests outside Fearmans Pork in Burlington. Advocates celebrated when a judge ruled last month that a law banning undercover work on farms was unconstitutional, but the province is now appealing. Russell was killed by a truck while protesting the bill in 2020.

Ontario has appealed a judge's decision to strike down as unconstitutional parts of an agriculture law that made it illegal to get a job on a farm under false pretences to expose conditions inside.

Justice Markus Koehnen struck down parts of Bill 156, the Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, last month after advocacy group Animal Justice, along with an activist and a journalist, launched a Charter challenge in 2021.

The province says in documents filed with the Court of Appeal for Ontario that Koehnen made errors in fact and law.

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