Mr. Speaker, it is not always possible to take out centre page advertisements in the Globe and Mail the way that the animal rights activists are able to do. They have budgets that are in the millions. It is sometimes difficult to match them on a specific initiative. However, we know that the Government of Canada, the Ministers, Minister Sheila Copps, Sergio Marchi, Anne McCullum, as well as the Prime Minister are very well briefed on this file. They have taken every opportunity they can to support the trappers and the harvesters within this country. We have done extensive work in Europe to educate Europeans about the lifestyle of our people. We have funded groups to travel over there to do just that. We also have tentative plans to continue lobbying individual countries in the European community to continue to promote the importance of wildlife harvesting to those countries, so they do not move to ban the importance of wild furs to their countries, as they now threaten to do. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 335-13(4): Seal Hunting Public Image
In the Legislative Assembly on February 19th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 335-13(4): Seal Hunting Public Image
Question 335-13(4): Seal Hunting Public Image
Item 6: Oral Questions
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