Recent content by devils advocate

Wayne, Can you remind the board...what was the Canadian position on the war in Iraq? Oh, and stil is!!!

How do the numbers compare YOY?

But wasn't the question inclusive of the words "or other drugs"?

So will quality be enough to entice LFS and the consumer to buy? It's understood that net caught fish will command a premium, and coupled with quotas, prices for certain species may be forced higher due to simple supply and demand economics. If airfreight rates are also higher than that of...

But, the ultimate test will be the consumer. It appears that the main concern for them is how much does it cost.

So then if an Australian or Japanese coral shipment is coming into Canada without CITES, then the exporters are just as much to blame. With the exporter being responsible for the CITES permits, then the product is not only being smuggled into Canada, but it is being smuggled out of those...

Gresham - I guess I misunderstood your point. In only pointing out that one can obtain rare corals without permits in Canada, to me, implies that only the Canadian border is porous. Sorry about that. With respect to CITES violations, is it possible that the Canadian officials only publicize...

So then American store owners are no better than Canadian store owners. Isn't it the responsibility of the importer, this being the American store owner, to ensure that all documentation is in place, including CITES permits? So why blame a Canadian when it is the American that is smuggling...

Now that's assuming that all the highly desirable corals in Canada are there without CITES.

Understood, but which direction are you speaking. If the direction is from Canada to the States, which I understood Gresham's point to be, then to label one border porous and the other not, makes no sense. Even if product is in Canada "illegally", then it is still up to the American authorities...

Understood, but which direction are you speaking. If the direction is from Canada to the States, which I understood Gresham's point to be, then to label one border porous and the other not, makes no sense. Even if product is in Canada "illegally", then it is still up to the American authorities...

Gresham, You'd still require CITES permits for shipments that travel from Canada to the States. Doesn't speak highly of the American porous border if these shipments are allowed in. Wayne, I think the point that many people try to make is that instead of focusing your energy on the States...

Seals being killed by the Canadians themselves is irrelevant. Like I said, you can argue on moral ground against both industries. You, and others, remove animals from the wild to meet their ultimate demise, quite often in a cruel manner. These animals, in the trade in which you practice, I'm...

Seal hunt....ornamental aquarium trade. No difference whatsoever, with the exception of the bambi factor. You can argue from a moral ground quite easily against the aquarium trade, just as you can against the seal hunt.

Gresham, sure Canadians require permits, as given this example. Whether you have them or provide them is one issue and if the officials inspect for them in another.