I heartily urge Premier Doug…

I heartily urge Premier Doug Ford and his government to oppose the proposal to list Double-Crested Cormorants as game birds. As well, I urge the government to not create a hunting season for these birds. There is no need to kill these migratory birds, and I am very disturbed by this proposal.

Premier Ford promised to represent all Ontarians, not just the elites. Most of us do not kill wild animals for sport; and the demands of one lobby group, the sport hunting and fishing lobbyists, should not determine environmental policy for our province. I have witnessed for myself a colony of Double-Crested Cormorants nesting with other migratory birds. I see that some trees do die, but understand that this is part of a natural process, and that nature regenerates itself without human interference. I believe that this proposal stems from a blood lust in the hunting community. There are hunters who kill for food. But there are those who hunt because they enjoying killing and it seems that they can never have enough animals available to kill. They seem to never be satisfied and always want more and more animals available for them to shoot. Please do not give in to this selfish lobby group. The hunting lobbyists do not represent the values of the majority of Ontarians.