Mr. Speaker, the International Fund for Animal Welfare has paid a retirement settlement of $2.5 million to its founder Brian Davies.
I wonder what all those people whose way of life and livelihood he and this group destroyed think of that. While he retires in the lap of luxury, they live in poverty. This group led by Davies destroyed the sealing industry in Newfoundland and Labrador, which in turn led to the destruction of the caplin and cod fishery. They deny it. But the truth is, seals eat fish.
And now a $2.5 million golden handshake. Who would have guessed that IFAW was nothing more than a money making retirement fund for its founder. Probably not the donors; certainly not the taxpayers; and not the men, women and children who had their way of life destroyed.
What a shameful display of greed and betrayal.