Keep to music, Paul

Last week, seal hunting was in the national and international news as former Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife Heather, went out on the ice near Quebec’s Magdelan Islands to protest Canada’s sealing activities. The two later debated sealing on CNN’s Larry King Live with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams.

Iqaluit East MLA Ed Picco, who is originally from Newfoundland, entered the fray with a personal story, which he shared with his fellow MLAs on Friday.

In 1948, his father sailed out to the ice edge to hunt seals, Picco said, catching 18,000 seals.

“My dad received $150 for six weeks work. Six weeks of hard, cold, messy work,” Picco said. “I would suggest to Sir Paul McCartney that he should stick to writing songs, and singing his songs.”