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$20M for Canada’s lobster industry promised by Conservative Stephen Harper
A re-elected Conservative government would invest $20 million in Canada’s lobster industry, party leader 
announced in P.E.I. Thursday. Spread over three years, the lobster industry investment would be split into $15 million for marketing and promotion and $5 million for research to inform decisions on fishing seasons, licences and harvesting. That research would be done in collaboration with provinces and universities. Harper noted that lobster is Canada’s single most economically important fishery, with annual landings worth $620 million a year. Read the rest here 11:08
HANGZHOU, China – A Chinese bonanza for Canadian lobster producers?
Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba hopes to sell 200,000 Canadian lobsters next week, its founder declared Friday — one dividend of Stephen Harper’s ongoing effort to cultivate “pretty important” economic ties between the two countries. “We want to help the small guys sell to China because the big guys, they don’t need us,” said Ma, a Hangzhou native who started up the company from his apartment 15 years ago. Read the rest here 12:05
