Some Ontario cities have passed bylaws to ban shark fin in banquet or wedding receptions. Such by-law impacts mostly the Chinese communities.
In Richmond, BC, a new Richmond councillor believes education will create change better than a by-law.
No such ban is brewing in Richmond, according to the mayor’s office, but the issue did garner some attention during recent civic election campaigns in Metro Vancouver. That had much to do with Claudia Li, founder of the Shark Truth campaign.
Despite the fact Canadians imported 77,000 kilograms of shark fin in 2009, Li said her group is seeing more and more wedding couples declare their weddings shark-friendly.
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