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Seal Meat Served in Canada

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And this is despite the bad press received by the annual seal hunts. For time immemorial seal has been eaten -- raw -- as a traditional food by indigenous people such as the Inuit. It also has been a traditional food for generations of hunters in Canada's east who serve it up roasted, or sometimes with a hearty Burgundy sauce.

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Alistair Darling Refuses to Eat Seal Meat at G7 Meeting

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Alistair Darling, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, is in Canada for a G-7 meeting. He refused to eat the seal meat that the local Inuit community offered to the meeting participants, instead eating Arctic char. Stay classy Canada! Tags: canada UK europe seal hunt inuit seals G7. Good for him!

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Canadian Prime Minister Eats Seal Meat

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He's doing it to show his opposition to the EU's ban on seal products. Canada plans on appealing to the WTO. Tags: canada europe seals hunting. Stay classy Harper!

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Canada Promoting Seal Meat and Fur in China

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"The EU was a small market for Canada. Tags: canada. Of course, we're disappointed in their actions," Ms. Shea said by telephone from China today. That being said, there are many other markets out there. That's what we're doing in China. We're trying to expand on the market that's here."

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