Union says CFIA staff facing intimidation and threats over planned B.C. ostrich cull
May 26, 2025
The president of the union representing staff of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it’s increasingly concerned about “intimidation and threats” against workers over a planned cull of ostriches at a farm in British Columbia.Milton Dyck of the Agriculture Union says workers have been receiving threats online over the planned cull that was ordered after an outbreak of avian flu, and protesters have gathered at the property at Edgewood, B.C., to try to block it from happening.
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