Thank you.
Earlier last year the Royal Canadian Mounted Police—they said they were under pressure from animal groups—wanted to do away with the iconic muskrat hat. The hunting and angling caucus, which I chair for the Conservative caucus, jumped on that immediately. This was admittedly a small issue, but it was highly symbolic and after our government reversed that decision by the RCMP, the emails that flooded into my office from every rural, aboriginal community thanking us for reversing that were truly remarkable.
Mr. Olson, can you perhaps provide us with an explanation as to why this very small issue was so visceral for some communities?