The Grand Council of the Crees (of Quebec) may soon be going to Brussels where the European Parliament is expected to pass a bill banning Canadian wildfur. There are two possibilities for the GCCQ.
Canada is saying that we should present a united front and points to the seal fur ban in the past and the economic repercussions on the Inuit. The exemption for the Inuit sealskins did not work because the market for sealskins was killed by the ban.
On the other hand 90 per cent of furs bought on the European market are ranch furs. The ban on wildfurs will not kill the market. Only 10 per cent are wildfur and 1.5 per cent of that is from Native trappers. Some European countries have suggested a special label for Native furs exempting them from the ban. Since wildfur is the best quality, prices might go up.
What do you think?
