I am in full support of this…

I am in full support of this proposal.
This is a science based approach to renewable resource use. Failure to properly manage the black bear population by closing the spring season resulted in many social and economic difficulties for Ontarians.
Having lived and worked in various communities across Ontario over the past 60 years I have experienced firsthand the dynamic relationship between black bears and people . I have seen the serious negative economic effects of stopping the spring bear hunt on the tourist industry (and by extension every person in northern communities). I have also seen bear populations increase and bears become emboldened due to a lack of negative association with humans - hunting establishes humans as a danger to bears which makes them less likely to enter communities.
I encourage the MNRF to move forward with this proposal and to continue to monitor bear populations as climate change effects bear habitat.