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Canada’s fur trade is booming again — thanks to demand from China’s new capitalists
National Post ^
| June 25, 2013
| Joe O'Connor
Posted on 06/29/2013 6:00:22 PM PDT by Squawk 8888
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To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.
Canada Ping!
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:01:17 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Squawk 8888
I used to trap a lot of muskrats. Apparently muskrat is passed off as rabbit most of the time.
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:02:11 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Squawk 8888
I wouldn’t mind a little Canadian beaver myself.
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:04:14 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Squawk 8888
Great poster. Where can I see it big enough to read?
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:06:21 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: Squawk 8888
I am as much of a free market person as anyone. That being said, fur looks better on the creature God put it originally.
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:06:58 PM PDT
by
bigredkitty1
(March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
To: VanShuyten
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:07:22 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: tet68
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:10:43 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: bigredkitty1
I am as much of a free market person as anyone. That being said, fur looks better on the creature God put it originally. I'm inclined to agree.although I don't support efforts to outlaw the fur trade...or to boycott it...I'd never buy fur,regardless of how much I might be worth.I don't buy cigarettes either but I'd oppose them being outlawed and oppose the outrageous taxes currently being placed on them.
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:13:30 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
To: tet68
Nice BeaverBecause this thread would not be complete without it.
To: Squawk 8888
China is a fresh market of People that have not been wimpified by liberalism.
To: Squawk 8888
I'm not a “tree hugger” by any means but we don't need a billion Chinese who care about nothing but themselves depleting America's fur bearing animal population.
The Chinese also value the gallbladder of the black bear for some “ancient Chinese medication” or some such nonsense and in some places they've found dead black bears rotting away, fur and all, just missing their gallbladders. They don't care about anything accept what they want. (Obviously a generalization but let them exploit a resource and they will to the max.)
To: Gay State Conservative
We used to get paid for trapping muskrats because they’re a nuisance along shorelines. The traps we used killed them humanely and quickly plus didn’t harm the hide. The fur trader we sold them to ate the meat and fed it to his dogs.
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:20:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Falcon4.0
The problem with China’s market is, it is closed.
We are competing with an open system, against China’s which is closed.
China just passed America as the world’s biggest exporter.
China makes massive amounts of the things we buy in America, in our stores.
China is growing constantly.
While I understand supporting China on one hand, the fact is currently China is gaining on us. Quickly.
We need to push back.
We need balanced trade.
What we have now, is giving away the farm
To: Squawk 8888
Piss on the Chinese and piss on the Canadian fur traders. The poaching of polar bears can’t be far behind.
To: MacMattico
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:22:49 PM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
To: tet68
Step off Eh! There’s only aboot enough Canadian Beaver for Canadians, Eh!
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posted on
06/29/2013 6:22:58 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Squawk 8888
Porar Bear
Grizzery Bear
Chinkchirra
Sirver Fox
Brack Bear
To: Gay State Conservative
I wouldn't wear fur either, but I have a leather jacket and leather Nikes, a cowhide softball mitt. I don't want to sound like a hypocrite but the Chinese will decimate entire populations if allowed to.
To: twister881
haha!
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