Pamela Anderson Wants Meeting with Canadian PM

(andPOP) - Longtime animal activist Pamela Anderson has asked for a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss the hot issue of the moment: seal hunting.

"As a proud Canadian who frequently travels abroad, I am alarmed that people are starting to see Canada as a country more beholden to a pack of greedy hunters and to the seal-skin 'fashion' whims of a few countries than to the massive international outcry against the hunt," Anderson said, adding that she believes the seal hunt is "barbaric."

Anderson said she collected thousands of signatures in an online petition.

Anderson will host the Juno Awards on Sunday in Halifax, and before heading back to Los Angeles, wants to speak with Harper on Monday.

Paul McCartney visited Canada this month to protest the seal hunt, while singer Morrissey refused to include Canada on his tour schedule until the seal hunt ends.