I am opposed to your…

I am opposed to your proposal to create an open hunting season for double-crested cormorant from March 15 to December 31 each year across the province.

I do not understand why you would do this, since your proposal states that "the latest information indicates Great Lakes populations have stabilized or declined slightly since 2000". If fish stocks have been declining over this time period, possibly that is due to overfishing, pollution or invasive species.

Also the hunting of cormorants will have deleterious effects on other colonial waterbird species.