Nunavut may ban European booze over ban on seals

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Boycott possible de l'alcool en provenance de l'europe par les Inuits...
Je ne crois pas que les Inuits soient de gros consommateurs de Bordeaux...

ça ne m'étonnerais pas que ça soit une suggestion que la Paillette a faite aux Inuits quand elle est allée à la chasse au phoque à Iqualuit....
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The Canadian Press

IQALUIT-There will no longer be any Bordeaux wine, Islay whisky, British
lager or any other European-made alcohol on the shelves of stores that sell
liquor in Nunavut if a member of the territory's legislature has his way.
Fred Schell is planning to make a motion in the Nunavut legislature early
next week to ban the sale of booze from Europe in the territory's liquor
stores.

It's a symbolic way of protesting the European Union's ban on seal products,
Schell says. Canada boycotted South African wine in response to apartheid so
the territory should do the same to the EU now, he argues.

It wouldn't mean much for the EU from an economic standpoint, he concedes.
Nunavut only has a handful of stores that sell liquor serving about 30,000
people.

"But I think the message would be loud and clear that we're not happy at all
about their decision to ban seal products in the European Union," Schell
says.

"We don't agree at all with what they're trying to do with this seal ban so
maybe we shouldn't be supporting (the EU) ... because the government here
does bring in the liquor for resale in Nunavut."

The European Parliament approved a ban on seal products last year in
response to animal welfare concerns from the public. Although it has said
traditional aboriginal hunts are exempt, Inuit groups say they will be
affected by the ban.

A coalition of Inuit organizations is challenging the ban in European court,
saying the move was made without conservation or animal welfare
justification.

"That's the livelihood for a lot of these people," Schell says. "They eat
the food here so what are they supposed to do? They eat the seal and then
throw the skins away? They're hunted here humanely."

Supporters of the booze ban say they aren't worried about a backlash from
wine or scotch connoisseurs in the territory.

"We're not banning other wines from other places," says Paul Okalik, the
territory's former premier who is to second the motion.

Nunavut Finance Minister Keith Peterson, who is responsible for the
territory's liquor commission, was unavailable to comment.
Mar 6, 2010

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Je ne crois pas que les Inuits soient de gros consommateurs de Bordeaux...

Ça me surprendrait aussi. Il ne me semble pas que ce soit du tout dans leurs habitudes.

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ça ne m'étonnerais pas que ça soit une suggestion que la Paillette a faite aux Inuits quand elle est allée à la chasse au phoque à Iqualuit....

C'est bien possible mais s'ils n'en boivent pas d'avance, ça ne fera pas une grosse différence. On peut se mettre à acheter du Bordeaux pour les contrecarrer

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hihihihih c'est mon vin préféré !

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Do et Cécil par devoir

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hop a écrit:

Do et Cécil par devoir

Quel plaisant devoir, pour une fois !