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Iqaluit, February 11, 2010 - Senator Hervieux-Payette at a Seal-Hunt in Nunavut
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IQALUIT (Nunavut) February 8, 2010 - Nunavut Minister of Environment Daniel Shewchuk will meet with Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette in Iqaluit tomorrow to discuss the Nunavut seal harvest.
We are pleased to meet with Senator Hervieux-Payette here in Nunavut, and are grateful for her support and interest in working with us. We need to tell the world the real story of sealing in Nunavut and to dispel the myth and misinformation that prevails. Allies like Senator Hervieux-Payette are helping us do just that.
— Minister Daniel Shewchuk
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OTTAWA, January 27, 2010 – Ethics are not limited to animals. Senator Hervieux-Payette condemns PETA’s attack on the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
The vegetarian lobbies have turned into extremists. They do not respect our democratic institutions and use savage tactics to achieve their goals, which greatly discredits their cause.
— Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.
OTTAWA, January 21st, 2010 – The Fur Council of Canada supports the Universal Declaration of the Ethical Harvest of Seals.
The support of the Fur Council of Canada to the principles outlined in the Universal Declaration is great news: this demonstrates that the industry along with scientists and governments in our country care deeply about animal welfare along with that of human communities and ecosystems.
— Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.
Read the letter of the Fur Council of Canada
OTTAWA, December 16, 2009 – The Senate of Canada recognizes the right of coastal communities to earn a living from the use of animal resources.
The adoption of this motion by the Senate of Canada sends a clear message to vegetarian groups who manipulate public opinion to finance their ideology. The Senate renews its commitment to preserving the balance of the ecosystem, promoting animal welfare and protecting human communities. Humans have a right to utilize natural resources such as animals when done in an ethical and sustainable manner.
— Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.
Read the motion followed by the debate in the Senate
OTTAWA, December 7, 2009 – Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette, who lead the project, applauds Québec’s decision to support the Universal Declaration on the Ethical Harvest of Seals.
I applaud the decision of the government of Québec to support the Universal Declaration on the Ethical Harvest of Seals and am delighted by Québec’s strong implication in the negotiations between Canada and the European Union on a free trade agreement.
— Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.
Read the letter of the Government of Quebec (in French)
OTTAWA, December 1, 2009 – Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette tabled a motion in the Senate demanding the recognition of the legitimacy of raising, harvesting and using animals in an ethical way. This motion will reassure these groups of Canada's commitment to animal welfare while recognizing that humans are an integral part of the ecosystem.
"I have tabled a motion in the Senate to protect the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of Canadians and their industries. Vegetarian groups have tremendously increased their pressure on world governments demanding changes to our society which will have serious repercussions. Groups such as PETA, the Humane Society and actresses such as Brigitte Bardot and Pamela Anderson have actively promoted the association of animal harvesting with animal cruelty.
A balanced ecosystem is the result of constant interactions between predators and prey throughout the food web, that humans are an integral part of the ecosystem and, therefore, that their position as predators cannot be separated from nature.
— Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts (Quebec), August 2, 2009 - Visitors to Exploramer alerted officials that the photographs in the exhibition “Phoque la controverse” [Seal the controversy] had been damaged. Sandra Gauthier, Director General of the discovery centre that focuses on the St. Lawrence, immediately realized that the photographs slashed in broad daylight was the work of animal rights activists.
VIDEO: Rex Murphy | Seals and European Cynicism (CBC)
OTTAWA, July 31, 2009 - Letter to the Minister of the Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Recently Prime Minister Stephen Harper approved $3billion worth of assistance for General Motors and $1billion for Chrysler. Seal hunters have just as much right to government protection of their jobs as automobile workers do.
I therefore urge you to approach the Prime Minister about swift financial compensation for our seal hunters, threatened as they are by ideologues and a European decision that is highly questionable both legally and morally.
This financial compensation for loss of income should continue until the WTO hands down its final decision and/or the dispute with the EU has been settled.
— Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.
OTTAWA, July 28, 2009 – In response to the European Union’s unacceptable decision to boycott seal products, Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette demands immediate financial compensation for the sealing industry until such time as the WTO hands down its decision.
I will be writing this week to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to say that I am 100% behind the appeal to the WTO but that by itself it’s nowhere near enough. The Harper government has given GM and the automobile industry's wage earners billions in assistance; I can't believe that we will let the Canadians on the East Coast go under for much less than that.
— Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.
NETHERLANDS, July 21, 2009 - An animal rights activist known as the vegan streaker has been arrested on suspicion of planning to attack queen Beatrix, his lawyer Gerard Spong told the Volkskrant on Tuesday.
The Economist, May 14th 2009 - European politicians are breathtakingly hypocritical about sealskins
A few seals are killed to protect fish, others as a source of blubber or food. Most are indeed killed for their fur. That may not be to everyone’s taste, but it is hardly unEuropean. Europe’s fur farms produce over 30m mink and fox pelts a year. Every four or five days Europe kills more animals for their fur than the entire annual Canadian hunt does in a year. Seal hunting sounds unfair; but Europeans are reluctant to ban the hunting of similarly defenceless game birds, deer or wild boar.
OTTAWA, May 6. 2009 – The Parliament of the European Union voted yesterday in favour of a total boycott of seal products, despite the principle of the sustainable use of resources urged by the Convention on Biological Diversity. In so doing, the parliamentarians - who are in the midst of an election campaign - caved in to the aggressive falsehoods of the vegetarian lobby.
Read the press release
OTTAWA, May 1, 2009 – Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette enthusiastically welcomes the support of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for the Universal Declaration on the Ethical Harvest of Seals.
Read the press release
Read the letter of support from Newfoundland and Labrador
OTTAWA, April 29, 2009 – The Honourable Jean Lapointe, Senator, unveiled his 50th album and his song on
the Seal Hunt (Original title: “La chasse aux phoques”).
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To download the song, please visit Zik.ca |
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Letter to the Members of the European Parliament
OTTAWA, April 28th, 2009 – The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette asks officially to the European Parliamentarians to postpone the vote on seal products "That the reason why I would ask to consider my request, in the spirit of openness and the good relations between our peoples, to delay the vote on seal products until the conclusion of our upcoming dialogue" - Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.
Read the letter
Universal Declaration on the Ethical Harvest of Seals
We all Care about Animal Welfare
OTTAWA, April 23, 2009 – At a crucial moment when the European Parliament could vote to ban all seal products to appease animal rights groups, Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette has emerged as the ambassador of Canadian seal-hunting communities by releasing the draft declaration to the press, with the Liberal fisheries and oceans critic, the Honourable Gerry Byrne, PC, MP.
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IWMC
World Conservation Trust
SWITZERLAND, April 23, 2009 – The Permanent Secretariat enthusiastically welcomes support from the IWMC World Conservation Trust (Switzerland).
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