EU Banning Seal Stuff...Good For Them

Good for them. What are the seals used for anyway ? Fur......do people eat the meat ? I don't think so. Maybe they do. The Fisheries Minister fires back a quick 'threat' to the European Union before even maybe consulting the rest of Canada. Not like it's a National Industry that will cause widespread poverty and economic breakdown. I'm pretty sure that most Canadians are against it anyway yet for some reason the Federal govt keeps fighting for it and protecting the 'hunt'...'harvest'...'slaughter' whatever you wish to call it. They protect it as it is a tradition for the canadian peoples of isolated communities in Canada. A tradition. The way this Loyola guy (the Fisheries Minister....who is from down east by the way) reacted it seems like he would have the government buying the pelts from the hunters even if the market dried up totally and there was zero demand...."boo boo on you guys" we'll buy them ourselves and keep hunting just because....seriously. I would like to see a Nationwide poll to see how many Canadians think the hunt should be stopped altogether. This guy after all is representing us little guys across the Nation and not just the eastern provinces. He is an MP with a riding down east but he is the Federal Fisheries Minister representing Canada when he makes these international threats....

My letter to him and Harper and a few others again....

Mr. Hearn,


In your threatening reply to the EU attempting to ban certain sealing products do you believe you are popularly speaking for the rest of Canada ? Or is it just the people on the isolated outposts that rely on sealing for their livelihood ? I think you should honestly take into consideration the interests and opinions of the rest of Canada and it's population before you make a threatening reply like that. I think you will find that the rest of Canada may agree with the EU. You do after all profess to represent the people of Canada don't you ? Not just the people of your constituency. I am by no means a vegan. I eat meat and hunt occasionally. But to see the Canadian government put so much effort and dollars into protecting an outdated practice just to keep these fellow Canadians afloat financially is sad and depressing. If people do not want the product anymore then stop the hunt. Simple. Stop keeping the thing going. Bow to the majority and public (of Canadians at least) pressure and end it. Accept it. It almost seems like people like yourself and others in the government would actually keep this thing going even after the market completely dried up just to keep a tradition going. Take some government contract of some sort that will go to Quebec (as many do to keep them complacent) and transfer it to a location accessible to these communities to give them work. Buy their boats if you have to. God knows Canadians would rather see you buy a bunch of boats than spend it somewhere else frivolously.