Yes. I may be wrong, but I'm saying that we're all part of nature, that it's inside us. We've lost the way of looking at that and connecting with it.
I've taken kids who have never hunted before—my own two daughters, for example, years ago—out onto the prairies of Alberta and into the foothills. My daughters would come back and say every year, “Dad, I want to do it again”. All they were doing was walking.
I used Long Point as one example. Ducks Unlimited, Delta Waterfowl, and some of the provincial angling and hunting groups also have programs to get kids outdoors. The encouraging thing to me is that these programs are starting to expand.
Wildlife Habitat Canada runs an annual art competition for the habitat stamp. We started one for a youth habitat stamp. We're hoping that we can build a pool of money that will be separate from government funding and have more discretion in funding school buses for inner-city kids and that kind of thing.
We've been doing this for three years. All three of the youth who won have actually said that it was a life-changing experience, because they have to produce a painting based on their observation or experience with nature. They are leaders today. They're 14 years old and they're talking to their friends about the importance of nature.
So yes, I think it's something that's part of us. I think it's something that has been buried because we live a hugely urban existence, and we've lost touch with it. The trick is to bring it out, nurture it, and connect it. How many people think about where the water is coming from and where the water is going when you turn on the tap? Not many, I'm sure.