I guess that comment is really going to come back and hurt me. You guys won't run those attack mailings, but the other guys might: “Charlie Angus doesn't like dogs”. No, I like dogs that are efficient at dealing with bears, and our dog is very good at that.
There's a general sense in the north in terms of wildlife management that when decisions are made that are not based on sustainability, not based on science or conservation, we have bad outcomes. For example, since Premier Harris cancelled the spring bear hunt, we've not seen in the north the balance that existed before. We've had periods of time when the bear population has gone completely out of whack. We ended up a year ago with all kinds of orphaned bears getting killed at the sides of the roads; the mothers were being forced to come into town because the big male bears that normally were killed during the spring hunt weren't being killed.
Mr. Farrant, I'd like to ask your opinion, not so much on the spring bear hunt but on what role OFAH would play in terms of public policy. If we're looking at changing an activity because there might be a particular community or constituency that is opposed to it, how does OFAH play a role in ensuring that we have wildlife management decisions based on science, based on conservation, and on what is actually being seen in the field?