Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was very disturbed by what I saw on the National News last night. There was film footage of men torturing seals before they died. Mr. Speaker, I was disturbed for two reasons. The first being that no animal should be mistreated like this. The second is that in my culture the seal is very important. Our elders would be horrified if they saw a hunter mistreat a seal or any animal, for that matter. Mr. Speaker, my father spoke to me this morning about this news item. He was also upset at what he saw. My father is a well known and respected seal hunter. His skills are very well known in the Keewatin Region. He has many years of experience in teaching hunting skills on the land and in the school. Just as he learned from his grandfather, Agotemmariq, about hunting and the respect that they should show the animals they kill, he has taken this knowledge and shared it with the youth. It is taboo in our traditional laws to torture or abuse any living thing from an insect to a polar bear or whale. Elders tell these stories to the younger generations so that they will grow up

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