Today it's the seal hunt! Tomorrow it could be the Euro, diversity English style, etc.
Chris Selley: First they came for the seal hunt...
Posted: July 29, 2009, 6:15 PM by Chris Selley
In the midst of an editorial that's sympathetic to Canada's seal hunters — as one would expect from a Halifax newspaper — the Chronicle Herald makes a concession to the other side: “The anti-sealing lobby argues that the seal hunt is more trouble than it is worth ($13 million a year) — and it has a point. ... For Ottawa, this is now about pride and principle, not pragmatism.”
Others have made the point far more stridently in recent weeks and months, notably Eric Reguly in The Globe and Mail:
Why Canada persists in supporting sealing is a mystery. ... Canada's seal hunt is probably a net economic loss if you factor in the costs of the ceaseless overseas lobbying effort and the Canadian Coast Guard's role in the hunt. In a new study, University of Guelph economics professor John Livernois concludes that "the benefits of ending the commercial hunt exceed the costs."
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