The federal Conservatives wasted no time outlining their first campaign promises for Newfoundland and Labrador.
Just hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney called an election, Conservative Central Newfoundland Candidate Clifford Small says his government will bring back seal harvesting in Fleur de Lys.
Small says the previous government allowed the seal population to “spiral out of control.”
He said that his government would “protect the fish stocks” and restore seal harvesting, creating jobs in Newfoundland and Labrador.
“Seals, sea lions, walruses eat millions of tons of fish every year. It’s estimated that the harp seals alone consume 22 times what fish harvesters take from the ocean and land at our wharves,” he said.
