Over the last year I found myself as parliamentarian at the centre of a legislative issue that provoked global interest: the import of the products of
seal hunting into the European Union.
Not exact matches
Unable to
hunt seals on the melting ice, hungry polar bears have been coming
into villages to feed off scraps and bones during the annual whale
hunt.
The EU's prohibition will go
into effect before next year's
hunt, and will forbid all products containing anything derived from
seals being imported, exported or transported across the 27 members of the EU.
It is time that the Canadian government stood up, did the right thing, ended the
seal hunt and transitioned
sealers into stable and secure alternatives,» says Fink.