I am strongly opposed to…

I am strongly opposed to this proposal. It is designed solely to please the hunting and fishing community -- MNR's best friends because it derives much of its revenue from this segment of the population.

It is not grounded in the evidence:

+ Cormorants are not overabundant in the Great Lakes. In fact, their numbers are modest, now stabilized and are dropping in many areas.

+ The return of cormorants, a native wildlife species, to the Great Lakes Basin is part of a natural process.

+ Cormorants are actually performing a service because their diet consists of very large numbers of primarily invasive fish, such as alewives and round gobies, as well as other non-commercial, non-forage species.

The Ministry should occupy itself with protecting the environment, not destroying it.