06.30.23
Activist beauty retailer The Body Shop, has been fighting for the rights of animals globally since 1989 and in Canada for more than a decade—and now it's time to celebrate.
The Body Shop joined the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, MP Adam van Koeverden, beauty industry partners, Cruelty Free International and other advocacy groups to celebrate the federal government's official announcement of ending cosmetic testing on animals in Canada.
Made official with the passing of the Budget Implementation Act (Bill C-47), Canada joins more than 40 countries worldwide that have enacted laws banning cosmetics testing on animals.
In addition to banning cosmetics animal testing, the amendments in the Bill also prohibit selling cosmetics that rely on new animal testing data to establish the product's safety, and false or misleading labelling pertaining to the testing of cosmetics on animals.
Hilary Lloyd, VP of Marketing and CSR, The Body Shop North America, said:
"This is a historic win for beauty lovers and animal rights activists. More importantly, it's a win for the animals who have been cruelly and unnecessarily subjected to painful experiments for the sake of products...We did it. Canada is Forever Against Animal Testing!"
Shown in the photo above: Sheryl Cutforth and Cecilia Butler from The Body Shop, Monica Engebretson from Cruelty-Free International, MP Adam van Koeverden, Hannah Clarke and Hilary Lloyd from The Body Shop (CNW Group/The Body Shop)
