I have hunted bears in…

I have hunted bears in Ontario since 2002 and I bought land in 2008 because I was told that I could hunt bears without an outfitter this way. I had already used outfitters and the normal hunt is a week and I enjoy the hunt and always hated to go home so I made the investment in land and hunted ever since, usually staying two weeks. I feel that by taking this privilege away from me someone broke the deal we made back in 2008 when I was told I could hunt. I made a large investment in your country, I always pay my taxes on time, I spend money all the while I'm in Canada and the word fairness was mentioned in the proposal so this does not sound fair to me. If the loss of my business hurts the outfitters I find that hard to believe. A more fair way to handle this so-called problem would be to have a grandfather clause in the new rules so those of us who are already committed wouldn't be hurt and the program will simply ware itself out to where down the road you would be free of us. We won't live forever. I feel like I'm being singled out to appease someone with an axe to grind and I did nothing wrong to deserve it. I love to hunt and six days don't cut it, you have to be a bear hunter to understand that. Like I said, leave us who already have land alone and start your program fresh and you won't be accused of breaking your end of the bargain. By the way I wanted to give you my name to be more credible but couldn't get the web site to work so this is the best I could do. Thank you for reading this.