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Kathleen Wynne did all she could to be able to get re elected. She tried to please many different voter demographics such as students by giving generous OSAP loans and grants, young adults ,regardless of private insurance plans, got pharmacy drug benefits and for the hunting lobby she brought back a season pilot spring bear hunt from May 1st to June 15th in eight Wildlife Management Units in northern Ontario. It was the Harris government, a CONSERVATIVE government which had banned the spring bear hunt primarily because there is an inherent risk in this hunt of killing sows whose bear cubs could become orphaned and left to die of starvation, which would be VERY IRRESPONSIBLE AND CRUEL.

The Ministry and the Ontario government instead should promote what is "in fashion" and take advantage of peoples thirst for eco tourism and promote that locally and internationally.
The spring season pilot SHOULD end on June 15th, 2020 and with it end Kathleen Wynnes legacy!

We have a hunting season in the fall. We should NOT continue with the spring hunting season.
It is very difficult to tell bears apart and usually very young bear cubs do not accompany their mothers, when the sows go foraging for food or go to baiting stations.
In the Ministry proposal it is stated that "The harvest of bear cubs and female bears accompanied by a cub would remain prohibited." DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF THE CUBS ARE HIDDEN AWAY BY THE SOW AND ARE NOT ACCOMPANYING HER, THAT WOULD MAKE IT ALRIGHT TO KILL HER?

About the bear hunting season in the Bruce peninsula. Doe it not make more sense to impose a hunting moratorium instead of reducing the hunting season to one week?

Our wildlife and wilderness is already facing challenges because of climate change. We need to promote eco tourism and not hunting. Please ban the spring bear hunt and do not bring it back. Thank you.