Obviously the bear…

Obviously the bear population can support a harvest. I see no reason why the bear hunt (spring and fall) shouldn't continue on a permanent basis.

It seems to me bear populations are expanding in fact (anedoctal). I'm seeing bear sign in central Ontario where bears are fairly uncommon in recent decades. This would suggest young bears are emigrating to new habitat , again indicating a healthy, perhaps expanding population.

The prey species that the bear depends on such as young of the year deer and moose could certainly use control of bear numbers. We hunt the prey species so I'd suggest we hunt the predator as well.