Canada's Fur Trade Issues

In Canada today, “The fur trade is part of Canada’s resource-based economy and one of …[the most] significant industries,… Canada’s fur trade contributes more than $800 million annually to the Canadian economy,… In 2006, fur exports contributed $226 million to Canada’s balance of [international] trade” (“About Canada’s Fur Trade Facts and Figures”). But, a major problem in Canada is the fact that illegal poaching is increasing which hurts Canada’s wildlife. Every single country deals with international trade, which is a good thing, until problems within international trade emerges. Some problems with international trade includes, “… sweatshops, child labor, trade deficits, the euro, sanctions, tariffs, embargoes…” (“Issues of International …show more content…
This illegal practice harms the environment and human lifestyles that depend on it. By poaching, “… in law, the shooting, trapping, or taking of game or fish [is]…forbidden,” (“Poaching(law)”), and hunting harms the environment and ecosystem stability. Another illegal trade is, "Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade...At current levels, world heroin consumption [is] (340 tons)..." ("Drug Trafficking"). Child labor is still legal in some countries, Child labor also exists in richer industrialized countries, though generally in much smaller percentages than in developing nations,” (“Child Labour Persists Around the World:…Employed”). And the reason for child labor is because, “Employers prefer to use child labor mainly because it is cheap and easy to manage,” (Miller). All of these are some examples of the major problems affecting international trade …show more content…
In Afghanistan they do not take action, “Afghan government officials are said to be involved in at least 70 percent of opium trafficking in the country,” (“7 Countries Where Drug Lords Lord it over”). In Burma, the government is attempting to stop drug trade by, “trying to eradicate opium production, but its senior officials have been persistently reported to be involved in drug trade…,” (“7 Countries Where Drug Lords Lord it over”). Mexico is believed to have a drug lord so powerful that drug related violences have increased, “Since the beginning of 2008, more than 7,000 people have been killed in the drug-fueled violence,” (“7 Countries Where Drug Lords Lord it over”), with so much violence the government doesn’t know how to stop it. In the top three countries, they have good military standards, freedom of press and speech, overall good equality rights, and tight monitoring of drugs (“The Most… Peaceful countries in the