Rick Duffy

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society claimed that in a website that the vice-president of Costco's Eastern U.S. and Canadian division, Richard F. Duffy, emailed the organization to tell them about the decision.

Costco stores in Canada are not offering vaccinations to Americans at this time, said Rick Duffy, assistant vice president of pharmacy for Costco.Costco contracts with a nurse service to provide the vaccine, and at this point, it's not clear whether there'll be enough to share with Americans, he said.

But the situation is "changing by the hour," Duffy said.

Among his documentation, Thompson pointed to the letter sent March 1 to Sea Shepherd from Richard Duffy, Costco's assistant vice-president for the Eastern Division and Canada, confirming that "Costco has made a decision today, March 1, at the highest levels of Costco management, that it will no longer carry any seal-oil capsules in St. John (sic) Newfoundland or any other Costco location in Canada."
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"Sure enough, within two to three weeks I received an e-mail from Rick Duffy saying the product had been again pulled.
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Before that boycott could begin, Thompson said Duffy sent along an