09/24/2025
This is not over by any means!!!!
📢CALL TO ACTION‼️
Email and call the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada (PSIC)!!!
Email: [email protected]
Call: 613-941-6400
1-866-941-6400
The CFIA has now removed the owners’ cameras from the pens. If there is nothing to hide, why prevent transparency? The lack of monitoring raises serious concerns. Without independent oversight, how can Canadians be sure these birds are not being mistreated, mishandled, or even intentionally exposed? This is why we need the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner to investigate immediately.
Everyone needs to flood the
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner to investigate the Canadian Food Inspection Agency!!! I emailed two days ago and posted in here but it didn’t get seen by many.
If only one person writes, it may be overlooked. But if hundreds of Canadians demand an investigation, PSIC is pressured to take it seriously, because the Commissioner’s job is to protect the integrity of government agencies for the public good.
Its job is to investigate wrongdoing within federal organizations like the CFIA.
They have the authority to investigate wrongdoing inside the CFIA, including gross mismanagement, abuse of authority, or actions that put health, safety, or the environment at risk.
This flock of ostriches survived avian influenza 9 months ago, remain healthy, and may hold valuable antibodies for science. Yet CFIA is refusing to retest them and is pushing for a cull, even after a Supreme Court stay.
This is not just about birds—it’s about science, public interest, and accountability.
📧 Email: [email protected] and demand an investigation into CFIA’s handling of this case.
Here is a draft you can send:
Subject: Request for Investigation into CFIA’s Handling of Surviving Ostrich Flock
Dear Commissioner,
I am writing to formally request that the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner investigate the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) decision to depopulate a flock of ostriches in Edgewood, BC, that survived a confirmed avian influenza outbreak in December 2024.
Nine months later, these birds remain healthy. Despite this, no retesting has been conducted to confirm current infection status. Instead, the CFIA has moved to cull them under its “stamping out” policy, regardless of health, immunity, or scientific value.
This raises urgent questions of gross mismanagement and potential danger to the public interest, for several reasons:
1. Failure to Retest: In virology, viral shedding is not indefinite. The refusal to retest is scientifically unsound. If the same logic were applied to humans, anyone who ever contracted COVID-19 or another serious virus would be treated as permanently infectious—an absurd and harmful standard.
2. Scientific Value: Ostriches are uniquely important in immune research. Their antibodies (IgY) are well studied for their strength, abundance in eggs, and potential applications in both veterinary and human medicine, including influenza. The survival of this flock through a confirmed outbreak is of exceptional scientific interest. To cull them is not only to destroy healthy animals, but to erase a rare opportunity for discovery and future public health benefit.
3. Policy vs. Law: The “stamping out” policy was designed for food-source poultry under conditions of active infection. These ostriches are not used as food, are not exposed to other birds or humans, and have survived long past the outbreak. Rigid application of this policy without considering extenuating circumstances is mismanagement and contrary to the public interest.
4. Transparency Concerns: Most recently, CFIA officials removed the owners’ cameras from the ostrich pens, preventing monitoring of how the flock is being handled. This raises serious concerns about accountability and oversight. Without independent verification, Canadians cannot be assured the birds are being treated properly—or that evidence is not being obscured. The removal of cameras only deepens public mistrust and reinforces the urgent need for an independent investigation.
5. Public Interest: Canadians deserve a science-based, transparent approach to animal health that supports both safety and innovation. Destroying this flock without updated evidence undermines public trust, eliminates a rare opportunity for scientific advancement, and may even endanger Canadians by discarding potential tools for pandemic preparedness.
For these reasons, I believe CFIA’s actions — and its refusal to reassess in light of new evidence — constitute gross mismanagement, abuse of authority, and actions contrary to the best interests of Canadians.
I respectfully ask your office to investigate CFIA’s handling of this matter, including the refusal to retest, the rigid application of outdated policy, and the removal of cameras that has obstructed transparency.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
[Your Full Name]
[Your Contact Information]
I will also post in comments for easy copy and pasting. Or write your own…..just write and call!!
