Ottawa Calls $8-Million Price Tag for Animal Captivity Bill Speculative, Premature

Ottawa Calls $8-Million Price Tag for Animal Captivity Bill Speculative, Premature
An elephant gets a pumpkin attached to a tree at the Prague Zoo, in the Czech Republic, on Oct. 29, 2023. The Canadian Press/AP-Petr David Josek
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The parliamentary budget officer says a proposed law to prohibit keeping elephants and great apes in captivity could cost up to $8 million to administer over the first five years.

The federal government is questioning that conclusion, calling it speculative and noting it is based on legislation that hasn’t even passed yet.