Fisheries committee  This is a quick attempt to answer your question on our collaboration with the Greenland Inuit. Unfortunately, they're in a different country, part of the Danish kingdom. We had an incident where they were attempting to ban products from Canada. We used our advantage, if you will,

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks, Mr. Manning, for those questions. We alluded to it earlier. We exported 6,000 skins last year, but those are very low. As you can appreciate, sealskin prices are coming back. Historically we have exported more than that. Just for raw seals alone, b

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Stoffer, for those questions, and for your support and recognition of our potential, if we are a part of any campaign from here on in. On your questions about Fisheries and Oceans support, unfortunately, for whatever reasons of political direction, the support up

Fisheries committee  I'd like to try to answer some of Raynald's questions on what efforts we have taken. From the staff perspective, we try to work closely with the scientific committee of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, as well as NAMMCO and the Fur Institute of Canada, to ensure that from

Fisheries committee  Thank you for that question. Those are from within the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission council. We got that from the reports of their scientific committee. However, those numbers that have been exported are much lower than before the anti-fur movement affected the exporta

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for that question. Yes, we have been told that we're an unintentional victim, but that's not true. It is an intent for people who hunt; whether it's on the east coast or the north coast, it's an intent all together. Unfortunately, animal rights pe

Fisheries committee  I just want to try to answer Mr. Simms' question. In regard to the United States, they allow their natives to hunt, but they don't allow them to sell it, only if it's within an art form. If it's a craft, they allow it.