OTTAWA, July 28, 2021 - 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 Hervieux-Payette.
