This past Monday, Fisheries Minister Gail Shea, was on the business end of a tofu cream pie. Protesting the Conservative government's support of the seal hunt, PETA activist Emily McCoy deftly deposited a pie on Ms. Shea's visage just as the latter was about to speechify.

Ms. McCoy has been charged with assault - not the first and likely not the last pie wielder to be charged.

Shea, a Conservative MP from PEI, was not threatened: "I can tell you that this incident actually strengthens my resolve to support the seal hunt. If this is what it takes to stand up for Canadian sealing families and this industry I'm certainly very proud to do it."