This proposal to allow…

This proposal to allow hunting of Cormorants is ludicrously stupid. You are planning to allow idiots with guns to shoot 50 cormorants a day during their breeding season and not even have to collect the carcasses. I already have enough people with guns around my cottage in the fall shooting everything else that moves. Now you are going to have these people using Cormorants for target practice all summer long.

If ever a government policy was not thought through, this is it.

Cormorants are important birds in the ecosystem. They do not generally eat the fish that the fishermen hunt - those fishermen that constantly pollute the area around my dock with garbage and abandoned fishing lines with hooks.

For once, why not let the creatures live in peace with their families, instead of unleashing a bunch of idiots with guns to shoot them all summer long. It will further detract from the peace at my cottage that is already amply disturbed by guns being fired and fishing people that have little consideration for the environment or their neighbours.

I highly object to this new plan and my opinion of the current Ontario government will drop enormously if this proposal is implemented.

Thank you for allowing me to comment.