It is alarming to know that…

It is alarming to know that the Ontario government has decided to allow the hunting of double-crested cormorants, with no scientific justification for this massacre. Is the Ontario government making policy decisions without any factual basis? Is this the world of post-truth influencing sensitive policy about environmental stewardship? if the experts in fish ecology had been consulted, they would be able to attest to the fact that fish stocks are not being decimated by the cormorants. Is this another example of money and vested interests controlling government policy? There is ample evidence of big oil corporations spending millions on fake news about the human contribution to climate change. Who were the experts determining this unfounded change in policy regarding the cormorants? I am saddened to be a resident of Ontario, if this is the future.