In 1970, a French actress named Brigitte Bardot came to Canada and saw hunters use clubs to kill baby seals. Seeing this as an unnecessary act of cruelty (Radio-Canada, 2004), she used her popularity to call out Canadian enterprises which practiced seal hunting. This revelation to the world turned everyone against Canada, looking at the country like some kind of monster (Troake, 2005). This forced thousands of companies to close. What Brigitte didn't know was that seal clubbing was one of Canada's biggest economical strengths at the time. The fur produced by these baby seals is one of the…