This proposal is abysmal…

This proposal is abysmal.
You are responding to "concerns expressed by some groups (commercial fishing industry, property owners) and individuals that cormorants have been detrimental to fish populations, island forest habitats, other species and aesthetics."
You provide no scientific rationale because there is none. These concerns are really concerns of inconvenience. Provide some quantifiable data to justify the concerns. Is the fish catch truly down ? Or are there other factors like scapegoating the cormorants for the algae blooms or other nonsense to provide the appearance of the government addressing those concerns ?
I cottage on Pelee Island and have frequently seen large flocks of the cormorants. They are in no way offensive or problematic. They avoid people.
The gulls are equally prevalent and are far more obtrusive because they do not avoid people and their droppings create unpleasant messes all around the dock yet no one is clamoring for their removal.
Middle Island is the only Island in my region of Lake Erie where these indigenous inhabitants nest in large numbers and the Island is uninhabited and owned by Point Pelee National Park a federal property. Is Mr Ford and his government responding to Mr Trudeaus concerns about this property ? Not likely !! Canada Geese and their droppings are far more detrimental to our 'species' and the aesthetics of public parks and waterfront properties yet I hear no cry for a barbaric cull under the guise of a hunt.
With the adjunct proposal to alter the policy to allow the 'meat' to spoil why not be forthright and call it what it is ...a cull to rid us of a pest deemed so by the fishing industry ?
Surely this government has better things to focus on then trying to manage a population of animals inconvenient to Conservative constituents but few others. This proposed action merely reinforces the stereotype of the out of touch politician trying to clumsily respond to the complaints of a minority rather than consider the input of science and logic.