The dignitaries smiled for the cameras, gamely wearing blue hardhats with grey shark fins protruding from the top and sides.
All, that is, except Ontario Tourism and Culture Minster Michael Chan, whose hardhat was distinctly de-finned despite the fish-themed frivolity at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Ripley’s aquarium.
An organizer of the event told the Star that Chan’s office said the minister would not wear the fake fins because of growing controversy in the GTA over the harvesting, selling and serving of sharkfin soup.
So does that mean he's for or against sharkfin soup? Seriously, I can't tell.
2 comments:
I read it to mean he's against it.
The other reading I could see is that he takes no position except avoiding potential controversy.
I wonder if anyone even would have associated those hats with shark fin soup if he hadn't removed his fins.
Unless he did it on purpose to raise awareness. But if that was his goal, I think he would have been more clear on what his stance on the issue is.
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