The Inuit subsistence hunters from northern Canada, the people from my constituency struggling to make a living in a southern style wage economy on Baffin Island, in one of the most costly locations in the country, are saying that the people from Greenpeace and its descendants are committing the worst crime of all: exploitation and colonial style eradication of the subordinate culture all in the name of protecting what they call "a beautiful and trusting creature, a fitting symbol of Canadian wildlife."
What about the other species under attack by these friends of animals, the Canadian Inuit? When is someone going to speak up and advertise for the cultural survival of a race of human beings? The ad is titled "It's Not A Seal, It's A Scapegoat." Mr. Speaker, I say to the international fund for animal welfare "it is not the seals, it is the Inuit who are the scapegoats." Qujannamiik.