Who needs the Olympic Committee's blessing?

First the EU bans seal products, then the House of Commons proposes that seal pelts be incorporated into the Canadian Olympic uniform. Today we hear from the head of the Canadian Olympic Committee that the uniforms aren't changing and the event won't be used for any political purpose. What's more, we saw even more reasons to have an elected Senate and throw out the encroached Liberals:

According to the Parliament's record, South Shore-St. Margaret MP Gerald Keddy charged that Liberal Senator Mac Harb even wrote a letter to all members of the European Parliament to vote against the Canadian seal hunting industry. Keddy said Harb called Canadians barbaric because of their support for the seal hunt and advised Canada against pursuing international action at the World Trade Organization.

I have a solution. We needn't use the official Olympic event when we have all of Vancouver vying for business. Let's have a massive multi-culturalist-ultra-PC celebration of everything Inuit (as I assume seal products and meat are a constituent part of their heritage). Fashion showcases by Inuit designers, Inuit crafts including sealskin boots and coats, street selling of yummy seal-based food out of giant smoking cauldrons, Newfoundlanders selling seal-hunting tours (strictly shooting only). What a party!

Got seal?

I endorse the principle of seal hunting. The means can and should be improved, but banning the product in the EU will do no good to improve hunting methods. Actually, faced with decreasing revenue it will be more economically sound for hunters to cut even more corners.

The CBC reports some fears that are easily assuaged:

While it allows for the continued shipment of seal products through Europe, promotion of those same products would be prohibited. Sealing industry experts fear that would shut off access to the runways of Italy and France, countries that are highly influential in determining global fashion trends in the larger markets of Russia and China.

The beauty of free globalized trade is our ability to sell the skins elsewhere, like countries where tigers are hunted for their penis. In addition, the Italian and French fashion shops can open up showrooms and production lines in countries which can appreciate the amazing comfort, warmth and durability of sealskin products. As everything else coming out of Brussels lately it's a feeble, useless and embarrassing policy.

Long live globalization, free trade, capitalism and the WTO!

Update: Dr Roy reminds how pathetic the EU's excuses are.