The Delta Waterfowl Foundation is very small. Our budget is about $6 million a year, and we do not buy land. We simply do not buy land. It's our strong view that the kind of land on the agricultural landscape should remain in private ownership and that incentive-type programs should be utilized to reward producers for delivering environmental services to Canadians at large.
We think large-scale land purchases by conservation groups can disrupt rural economies. You only have to look at Saskatchewan for the intense opposition that has developed in the farm community to large-scale land purchases. The land is best left under the stewardship, care, and ownership of producers.