A Liberal backbencher's bill to modernize Canada's antiquated animal cruelty laws has been mauled, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers joining forces with the Conservatives to vote it down.
Toronto MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith's private member's bill was shot down Wednesday at second reading on a vote of 198-84.
But Erskine-Smith says he's confident the government will now initiate its own reform of animal welfare legislation.
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