“No Seal, No Deal” petition wants Canada to block EU from Arctic Council

Petition circulates as EU court may overturn EU seal ban – April 22, 2013 – SAMANTHA DAWSON of Nunatiasq Online     

This image (see below) by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory has widely circulated to encourage Inuit and other northern seal industry supporters to show their solidarity with the European General Court appeal by changing their Facebook profile picture to an image supporting Nunavut sealing.

This image by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory has widely circulated to encourage Inuit and other northern seal industry supporters to show their solidarity with the European General Court appeal by changing their Facebook profile picture to an image supporting Nunavut sealing.

A group called “No Seal, No Deal” says Canada should refuse granting Arctic Council observer status to the European Union until the EU ban on seal products is lifted.

To back up that call, the group is circulating a petition in Iqaluit and Ottawa, which it plans to table in the House of Commons.

The petition, started by Iqaluit resident Karliin Aariak, requests that Canada, as a permanent member of the Arctic Council, refuse granting observer status to the EU until the seal ban is lifted. Read more here and see the petition