Comment
As a Canadian citizen and an Ontario resident, I disapprove of this proposal. While I understand that attracting tourism to Northern Ontario has economic benefits, there are other ways to achieve the same goal without having to kill bears (or any animal):
- Organizing festivals is a proven method of attracting tourists to any region.
- Increasing tourist accommodations in areas like Tobermory could also be an alternative, as this area is notoriously difficult to find accommodation in during the summer - people want to visit, but campsites and hotels get booked up extremely fast due to low supply and high demand.
While my examples require more investment than opening up a bear hunting season (which would theoretically be free), the number of tourists these methods would attract would be far greater, and create far more economic benefit.
The proposal already states concern surrounding the black bear population in the Bruce Peninsula. Why would we hurt the population further when there are much more effective ways to drive tourism to the region, without killing anything?
Submitted February 5, 2020 8:11 PM
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
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019-1112
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