EU head accuses Inuit group official of ‘EU bashing’

‘We are free countries, and parliamentarians decide like they want.'

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A harp seal on the ice.
Sneh Duggal
Published: Wednesday, 10/03/2012 12:00 am EDT
Last Updated: Wednesday, 10/10/2012 3:07 pm EDT

In a show of unusually frank remarks, the head of the European Union’s delegation in Ottawa accused a senior adviser in Canada’s national Inuit organization of “EU bashing,” after the adviser suggested the European Parliament’s decision to ban seal products wasn’t fully democratic.

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