That's a good question.
I think people who are opposed to the park, who put those “no national park” signs up.... There's no indication whatsoever of public support. Those signs could have been put up by one person or 10 people or a thousand people. There have been three public opinion polls in the area that show significant support—more than two to one. The polls showed that between 63% and 80% of the population in that area wants the national park. The regional district made a formal request to see the results of the eight-year, multi-million dollar study that was funded through the federal government. The regional district, the chambers of commerce, the tourism associations, the big wineries, and the organic food organizations do want to see the results of this study so that they can make decisions on the park, and I understand that report has just been released today.
The area impacts on 11 ranchers, and three of them want to sell their ranch specifically to Parks Canada for a national park, and the other ranchers would be allowed to continue to own that land and their cattle tenures for as long as they want to, and Parks Canada would be helping them and working with them.
So the opposition, now that people are educated, comes from a very small group of people, but business, tourism, and local citizens are very interested in the national park.