Defiant Jean defends participation in seal ritual
May 27, 2009 09:29 PM
Alexander Panetta
THE CANADIAN PRESS
RESOLUTE BAY, Nunavut–Michaëlle Jean launched a passionate defence of Canada's seal hunt against international critics who have decried her participation in an Inuit ritual.
In fact, the Governor General's response could hardly be more defiant: Jean was invited by a group of Inuit to join them on a seal hunt Wednesday evening.
And she accepted.
She said in an interview with The Canadian Press she was aware how her gesture Monday at a community festival in Rankin Inlet would be interpreted.
When she was presented with a seal carcass, Jean cut through the flesh, swallowed a piece of its heart and wiped her blood-spattered fingers clean with tissue.
TheStar.com | Canada | Defiant Jean defends participation in seal ritual
May 27, 2009 09:29 PM
Alexander Panetta
THE CANADIAN PRESS
RESOLUTE BAY, Nunavut–Michaëlle Jean launched a passionate defence of Canada's seal hunt against international critics who have decried her participation in an Inuit ritual.
In fact, the Governor General's response could hardly be more defiant: Jean was invited by a group of Inuit to join them on a seal hunt Wednesday evening.
And she accepted.
She said in an interview with The Canadian Press she was aware how her gesture Monday at a community festival in Rankin Inlet would be interpreted.
When she was presented with a seal carcass, Jean cut through the flesh, swallowed a piece of its heart and wiped her blood-spattered fingers clean with tissue.
TheStar.com | Canada | Defiant Jean defends participation in seal ritual