I object to and am totally…

I object to and am totally against proposal 019-3685 to allow the issuance of new licences for dog train and trial areas, and I object to and am totally against the transfer of existing licences.
I am appalled that the phase out of these licences which was started 25 years ago has not yet been completed allowing 24 such train and trial areas to still exist in Ontario. I applaud the PC Mike Harris government for starting the phase out in 1997 by eliminating the issuance of new licences and not allowing the transfer of pre-existing licences. I urge the present PC government to continue to disallow the issuance of new licences and to revoke all existing 24 licences that allow this abhorrent and cruel practice of causing unnecessary and inhumane suffering to the rabbits,foxes, and coyotes that are used as live bait in these areas.
I have always been a financial supporter of the Ontario PC party. If this proposal proceeds to legislation, I will be withdrawing my financial support for the party.
This practice of training and competing dogs to track live animals has been eliminated in the rest of Canada and most U.S. states. Continuing it in Ontario is a massive step backwards in licensing animal cruelty in a progressive province like Ontario. The proposal states that there are neutral environmental consequences. This is blatantly incorrect. Licensing the terrorizing of wild animals for the pleasure of blood sport by the special interest groups that promote penned hunting certainly impacts the rabbits, foxes, and coyotes that are used as bait. As wildlife of the province, they are part of the environment and ought to be protected from this cruelty in a civilized society.