No more puppy mills in Ontario!

"That is a good first step, but this bill, frankly, will do little to nothing to change any operations of any puppy mill in Ontario."

What other measures are worth waiting for?

As part of breeding regulation, the new law should lead to the creation of dog records to ensure that each animal's history can be tracked. In the future, these changes open the door to other innovations already outlined by lawmakers and advocates.

It is primarily a matter of regulating the sale of dogs going forward.

The province also plans to increase the number of Animal Welfare Service inspectors, which currently consists of only a hundred people spread across Ontario.

The government is also considering banning "medically unnecessary", traumatic and dangerous procedures for dogs and cats: claw removal (so-called "soft paws"), debarking (vocal cord trimming), tail clipping and ear cropping.