It is important to be clear about things. As the representative from Wildlife Habitat Canada has just said, it is important to bring everyone together.
However, when the time comes to pay the bill, only the hunters are buying their stamps. Birders and people not engaged in wildlife activities very rarely do so. However, the stamps that hunters buy benefits society as a whole. There really has to be a major debate about the way in which the hunters’ and anglers’ money is spent—the ones spending the money to protect wildlife areas—so that those who do not harvest wildlife understand it fully.
That bridge needs to be built. Using the assistance of the Hunting and Angling Advisory Panel and Wildlife Habitat Canada, the government must promote a message to encourage those who do not harvest wildlife to pay for it as well. It is not just up to hunters and anglers to protect wildlife habitat through the donations they make and the stamps they buy.