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Mrs. Susan Kadis (Thornhill, Lib.) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Hazardous Products Act (products made with dog or cat fur).
She said: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to introduce this private member's bill. This bill calls on the government to amend the Hazardous Products Act by adding all products made in whole or in part of dog or cat fur. While banned in countries around the globe, including the United States, dog and cat fur can be imported, exported and legally sold in Canada without any identifying labels. This practice is unacceptable to Canadians.

I think Paul Martin or Scott Reid should pull Susan aside and explain to her that the United States is our neighbour, not our country.
We are Canadians and importing, exporting, and selling dog and cat fur products without any identifying labels is part of who we are.

And enquiring minds want to know - why would a dog or cat fur product be hazardous? Furthermore, can you legally sell dog and cat meat here?

UPDATE: More proposed changes to the Hazardous Products Act - Bill C-230 put forth by that nutty Alexa - ban long display hooks!

Ms. Alexa McDonough (Halifax, NDP) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-230, An Act to amend the Hazardous Products Act (prohibited product — hooks).
She said: Mr. Speaker, this private member's bill amends the Hazardous Products Act specifically to prohibit the advertising, sale and import of elongated display hooks that can pose a threat to the safety and health of persons. They are a particular threat to young children. This is a bill that I think of as Katie's bill, because of a two-year-old child in my own riding, but she is one of many in this country who have suffered either a total loss of vision or severe brain damage because of these unnecessarily dangerous hooks that we simply should not permit to be in existence.

Here is an old story from CBC Marketplace about these hooks.