Adobe reader - apparently no alternative

On the Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans web site the following pdf is available:
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pnw-ppe/rfcpp- … 15-eng.pdf
Can anyone who is not using the Adobe reader open this file?
I see:
Please wait...If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents... [visit Adobe.com... get the Adobe reader....]
I have tried several document readers including evince and okular. The only document viewer that opens it is Adobe Reader.
Is it the case that there exists no open source (graphical) document reader that can open this file?
Note that this site (government of Canada) has many similar pdfs.
Last edited by herOldMan (2013-12-17 01:15:08)

In reference to post #3, I have registered my complaint reguarding non-opensource-assessable content on the Canadian government site. The feedback loop is at:
http://www.canada.ca/comments-commentai … z-eng.html
Edit: Feedback link changed on Dec 18, 2013 to http://canada.ca/en/contact/feedback.html
Last edited by herOldMan (2013-12-18 20:54:38)

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