Seal meat, new uniforms, and crisis in Haiti Michaëlle Jean
as representative of canada s head of state, governor general welcomes president barack obama canada, february 19, 2009 during tour of nunavut in 2009, governor general again garnered headlines when participated in traditional inuit seal feast @ community festival, gutting seal had been killed hunters , consuming piece of raw heart. while both immediate predecessor , prince charles had partaken in raw seal meat in canadian arctic, jean s simple act drew attention, both positive , negative, because of coincidence european parliament s recent ban on import of canadian seal products. dining on seal traditional aspect of annual event , proper etiquette governor general, guest, take part. when asked reporters motivations were, jean replied: take will. a series of state visits followed in 2009, norway, croatia, greece, , mexico, visit canadian troops in afghanistan september 8–9. in between these diplomatic missions, jean presided on june 27 on ceremonies in halifax, nova scotia, consecrati...