OTTAWA — One of the biggest celebrities on Parliament Hill Wednesday capitalized on the opportunity to speak out against Canada’s seal hunt.

Clad in a powder blue T-shirt with an image of a seal pup drawn on it, Sarah McLachlan condemned Canada’s commercial sealing industry, calling it “perverse and sick.”

McLachlan, the musical headliner at the Canada Day festivities in Ottawa, told CTV news she sees no reason that the hunt should persist.

“It’s terribly inhumane,” she said. “It’s archaic and horrible and I want it to stop.”

Lindsay Rajt, a spokeswoman with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said the organization was “absolutely thrilled” to see McLachlan perform in one of its “Save the Seals” T-shirts around the same time PETA members across the world were preparing to demonstrate against the Canadian seal hunt.

One PETA member in Montreal, covered in a red liquid made to look like blood, was wrapped in a banner painted like a “bloody” Canadian flag during the parade downtown.

Another protest took place outside the Canadian Consulate in Minneapolis, Minn., where PETA members burned a banner adorned with a red Maple Leaf, while others showed video footage of the hunt to passersby.

PETA members across the globe spoke out against Canada’s seal hunt on the country’s 142nd birthday.

Demonstrations took place in Switzerland, Austria and London, England.