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In response to the US request to the Canadian government to join the IWC,
William Doubleday, director-general of Fisheries and Oceans Science for the
federal government, responded on behalf of the Canadian government: "We have
no intention of joining the International Whaling Commission".
"Canadian aboriginal people are strongly opposed to joining the International
Whaling Commission, and don't consider that their interests would be properly
taken into account by that commission", said Doubleday.
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