Don't think they are tourists, just new Canadians. Many don't know nor care to learn our rules and laws, and lack common sense as we know it. All of the "do not feed the sea lions" signs on the dock are in English only. Actually our other official language would not have helped them either. That is why we now have Mandarin on a lot of the signs in Richmond.
The fish sales docks in Steveston are a zoo (people and animals, or is it people acting like animals) with on weekends.
The rescuer is reported to be the girl’s grandfather. Who are you going to sue, the sea lion? They should look in a mirror. They are probably pissed with embarrassment about being the main news item on the long weekend. Getting wet, loosing expensive sunglasses, dunking an expensive cell phone and getting the leather seats wet in the Mercedes. There were even more people on the docks feeding the seals and sea lions after they heard the news.
They probably don’t know how lucky they are.