Revival of seal penis trade eyed to lift Canadian seal product sales
A Fur Institute of Canada plan urges Fisheries Canada to revive seal penis exports as part of a five year strategy to boost markets for seal products and help fund a proposed cull of 140,000 grey seals in the Gulf of St Lawrence. The report notes a niche demand and cites a beverage made from seal sexual products as evidence of potential markets.
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Federal Fisheries Department
Fur Institute of Canada
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Fur Institute
Fisheries Department
FIC
Dion Dakins
International Fund For Animal Welfare
Dakins
Newfoundland
Carino Processing Ltd
Atlantic Canada
The
Canada
Labrador
Europe
Canadian Sealers Association
G7 leaders push climate security link at Schloss Elmau
At Schloss Elmau Germany G7 leaders discussed climate change as a security issue. Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced questions over his stance while Germany and France urged stronger action and the Green Climate Fund funding targets.
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Schloss Elmau
Germany
Stephen Harper
France
European Union Institute For Security Studies
Harper
Canada
U.S. Pentagon
Laurent Fabius
Paris
Fabius
Rob Nicholson
Nicholson
Arctic
Harper distances self from Senate expenses scandal during Ukraine trip
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in Ukraine before the G7, says the Senate is an independent body handling its own expenses. An upcoming audit criticizes oversight in the Senate with 21 senators under scrutiny and nine more referred to the RCMP, including Rod Zimmer whose disputed claims total 176 thousand dollars.
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Kyiv
Ukraine
Stephen Harper
Senate
Harper
Michael Ferguson
RCMP
Germany
Rod Zimmer
Parizeau Mourned as Quebec Legislature Opens
Citizens queue in Quebec City to pay last respects to former premier Jacques Parizeau. The funeral procession led by Lisette Lapointe entered the legislature hall where the Fleur de lis coffin lay. Dignitaries and the public lined up as memories of his role in the Quiet Revolution and independence project were shared.
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Jacques Parizeau
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Lisette Lapointe
Montreal
Lapointe
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