Law360 Canada ( September 13, 2021, 9:41 AM EDT) -- Application by the defendants, charged with offences under the Health of Animals Act, for a stay of proceedings. Latawiec worked as an undercover investigator for Mercy for Animals (MFA), a non-profit animal advocacy organization. In 2017, he worked at the defendant Elite Farms as a chicken catcher for 19 days. During that time, Latawiec made 244 video recordings. After transferring his daily video recordings to his computer, Latawiec would delete his SD card. MFA lodged a complaint with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). After an investigation, CFIA recommended the defendants be charged. After his investigation concluded, Latawiec recycled burner phones used to communicate during the investigation and deleted the bulk of his e-mails. Text messages between Latawiec and his MFA contact were retrieved from the contact’s phone. Some e-mails were retrieved on an external hard drive....