This post from IFAW will give you the details but in a nutshell, while Europe and the United States are banning cat and dog fur imports from China, Canada refuses to do so” in fear such action could weaken Canada’s position against the banning of seal products by other countries.”
I’m not going to post details here about the horrendously vicious treatment of cats and dogs in China for this industry but the information is there for all who still don’t know the details.
As per usual I am not anticipating much coverage of this by the mostly lame media in Canada but was pleased to see the Globe published an online article.
There is no shortage of reasons why decent people should boycott Canada. To name a few:
“First Nations quality of life ranks 63rd, or amongst Third World conditions, according to an Indian and Northern Affairs Canada study that applied First Nations-specific statistics to the Human Development Index created by the United Nations.”
Refusal to sign a moratorium on bottom trawling. Bush signed it but Harper wouldn’t even though Canada doesn’t bottom trawl.
Canada’s earth destroying Tar Sands Project, dubbed “the most destructive project on earth.” Here are ten facts about the Tar Sands.
Standard practices in farm animal care in Canada are far behind those of other industrialized countries.
The largest annual slaughter of marine mammals in the world.
Antiquated federal animal protection laws worse even than many third-world countries.
At the Poznan Climate talks, Canada earned the distinctive title of “Colossal Fossil” for obstructing the talks and also placed next to last in a comparison of countries’ climate change performance.
Canadians are looting the DRC (Congo) for mineral wealth cashing in on the country’s instability to reap huge profits, leaving behind a wake of ecological, human and wildlife costs.
Cashing in on the American ban on horse slaughter, Canada is fast becoming the horse slaughter capital of the world.
The Canadian government ignores the horrifying abuse exposed at this foie gras factory and does nothing in spite of a campaigns for action.
It is easy for a government not to act when so few of its citizens care.
