I think that the changes…

I think that the changes proposed are prudent and reasonable, however I do take exception to the elimination of the Northern resident tag allocation process.

The policy of adding a single, non-accumulating extra point for Northern residents is better than nothing - I do acknowledge that.

My concern is that with the drastic population differences between Northern and Southern Ontario, having 1 extra point may not be enough to "level the playing field" so to speak, and the majority of tags will wind up being allocated to Southern Ontario residents. The elimination of the tag transfer loopholes will to some extent mitigate this, however I do not have access to the detailed statistics to say if this will do "enough".

Perhaps an equitable way would be to, instead of adding a single non-accumulating point for Northern Residents, to maintain a 2nd (separate) points bank for people who live in Northern WMU's and use that to allocate the same 5% of remaining tags as currently exists after the 95% of tags have been allocated. In my opinion this would allow for the best aspects of both the new and the old system.

For a lot of people in the North moose hunting is a lot more than just a 1 week vacation.