Mr. Speaker, I know that everyone in this House will agree with me when I say that comments by an anti-sealing activist comparing the seal hunt to Nazi concentration camps are absolutely disgusting and an insult to all victims of the Holocaust.
Animal rights activists have sunk to new lows, attacking an industry that supports rural, coastal, and northern Canadian communities.
The Canadian seal hunt is well regulated and humane, and contrary to the misinformation constantly being spread by so-called animal rights groups, Canada has not hunted a whitecoat seal in more than 30 years.
We will continue to stand with the sealing industry.