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 [...]
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Cat and dog fur: Another great reason to boycott Canada
Posted in Canada, animal cruelty, cat and dog fur, seal hunt, tagged boycott, Canada, Canadian Government, cat fur, Chinese fur trade, dog fur, First Nations, foie gras, seal hunt, Tar Sands on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Truth about Canada
Posted in Canada, tagged Canada, corporations, media, Mel Hurtig, OECD, The Truth About Canada on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mel Hurtig’s book, The Truth about Canada, published in April 2008, is something all those in this country who choose to wallow in complacency and denial need to pick up.
Meanwhile, get a taste by watching these three eye-opener videos with Mr. Hurtig and learn about what is happening to this once promising country.
The Videos
Part One: [...]
Accomplish the Impossible or Experience the Unthinkable
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, climate change, environment, global warming, vanishing wildlife, tagged Africa, Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Canadian mining companies, climate change, climate crisis, Elizabeth May, Harper, Obama, U.S.A. on June 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It is abundantly clear that people and governments are not reacting appropriately to the catastrophic consequences of climate change.
In North America, Obama’s administration appears to be bowing to pressure and backtracking on climate action while Canada remains a moral renegade obstructing climate talks so it can continue to wallow in the filth of the Alberta [...]
Sir, may I recommend our special for tonight: PCBs in a Brominated Flame Retardant sauce?
Posted in Canada, climate change, environment, seal hunt, tagged arctic mammals, arctic pollution, Governor General Michaelle Jean, Inuit, seal hunt, seals on May 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Toronto Star published an article stating that the Governor General’s chowing down on a raw seal heart has given Inuit leaders hope that southern palates will take a shine to arctic meats such as seal, caribou and muskox.
With 58% employment in the region (stated in the article) who can blame them for having such [...]
Canada’s Governor General Michaelle Jean… don’t know much about geography
Posted in Canada, climate change, seal hunt, tagged European Union, Governor General, Michaelle Jean, Newfoundland, Nunavit, seal hunt, seal pups on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today in the news, our Governor General Michaelle Jean was in KUGLUKTUK, Nunavut (in Canada’s far north arctic region) speaking to students and while there she helped skin a seal and ate a piece of its heart, “raw,” as per this news item from the Canadian Press.
Then she “expressed dismay that anyone would characterize the [...]
Furadan: Wildlife killing pesticide banned by the EPA being considered for ban in Canada
Posted in Canada, animal cruelty, endangered species, environment, food, health, pesticides, vanishing wildlife, tagged American Bird Conservancy, birds, Canadian Government, Carbofuran, EPA, FMC Corporation, Furadan, lions, Mara Triangle, pesticide ban, pesticides, wildlife, Wildlife Direct, wildlife poisoning on May 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last year we were all horrified to learn about lions in Kenya’s Mara Triangle with paralyzed limbs dying in agony from poisoning by a cheap American pesticide called Carbofuran (Furadan) produced by FMC Corporation.
I posted about this crisis on my old blog
A campaign was started through Wildlife Direct on the Stop Wildlife Poisoning blog, conferences [...]
WWF’s Earth Hour: When the lights go out….
Posted in Canada, seal hunt, tagged Canadian seal hunt, Earth Hour, IFAW, Newfoundland, seal hunt, WWF on March 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
When the lights go out at 8:30 p.m. for Earth Hour, the lingering stench of death and horror will be ripe on the ice in Newfoundland.
Go ahead and support World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Earth Hour if you like.
I prefer to make more far reaching commitments to the environment in terms of lifestyle changes while supporting [...]
What Canadians Call Humane
Posted in Canada, seal hunt, tagged animal cruelty, Canadian seal hunt, harp seals, Newfoundland on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I think co-blogger PLEASE DO NOT TAP ON THE GLASS said it best in her last post:
“Why are the Canadian people turning their backs to the hideous slaughter of baby seals in Newfoundland? WHY? What are they afraid of? Seeing the truth of their natures? Do they prefer to ignore the bloody truth, hoping no [...]
The Canadian Way: Turn your back and don’t look
Posted in Canada, seal hunt, tagged animal cruelty, boycott Canada, boycott Canadian seafood, Canadian cruelty, Canadian seal hunt, harp seal pups, Newfoundland, seal hunt on March 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“One might as well argue that because Canada used to hang convicted murderers by the neck until they were dead the tradition should not be allowed to disappear. Sealing in Canada is not a tradition, it is just an unenlightened, outdated practice.”
J.M. Coetzee, Interview from March 2008
On the eve of the Canadian seal pup massacre, [...]
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