Canada got turfed from the UN Security Council under Harper. We also ended up with EU sanctions for the so called Seal Cull. Harper upped the quota to show those Pesky Europeans that they could not dictate Canadian Wildlife Management Policy. 

Global Warming / Climate Change showed Harper what it thought of his plan by leaving the Gulf of St. Lawrence Ice Free that winter. There was no ice for the pregnant seals to haul out on, let alone for the Sealers to walk  on to harvest the pups, or for Green Plea$e to spray pups with oil paint as a photo op and then leave to die of hypothermia because the oil paint ruined the insulating qualities of the pup's fur. Hard to meet your quota when the seal pups are drowning and floating ashore dead, without living long enough to gain weight.