http://www.ccac.ca/en/Publications/PUBLICAT/Annualre/AnnualReport2002-03.pdf

British Columbia — At a March 5, 2002 meeting between the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and representatives of the British Columbia (BC) SPCA, Dr David Wooldridge (Past-President of the BC SPCA and one of three representatives of the CFHS on CCAC Council) tabled a one-pager summarizing the situationin other provinces regarding reference to CCAC’s standards and concluding in the following terms:

“This is a preliminary request for an urgent meeting between your Ministry, the CCAC and the BC SPCA to review in depth this important animal welfare issue and to effect changes in

the Provincial SPCA Act. It is our belief that Regulations under the Act (as in Manitoba) can be relatively easily changed to enhance the care of animals in research without adversely affecting the outcome of the research initiatives.”

With the assistance of Dr Wooldridge, a meeting was organized in Vancouver on December 2, 2002 between the CCAC Executive Director, Dr William Milsom (University of British Columbia (UBC) scientist and CCAC Council member) and representatives of the BC SPCA (Kim Capri, Chief Executive Officer; Craig Naherniak, General Manager of Humane Education; and Craig Daniell, General Manager of Cruelty Investigations), regarding an action plan to achieve progress in having reference made to CCAC standards in section 24(2) of the Provincial SPCA Act. It was agreed that Mr Daniell would identify bureaucrats in charge and rally the support of the BC SPCA members for this initiative, while Dr Eric Jamieson (UBC scientist) would do the same with the scientific community at UBC through the local animal care committee. The CCAC Executive Director forwarded draft regulations that could be used in relation with article 24(2) of the Act. An agreement was reached for an action timeframe of six months.