Regarding Mr. Farrant's comments about the recreational fisheries conservation partnerships program, I think Quebec, Ontario, and B.C. were the largest recipients of those funds and had the most projects. I found it extremely impressive.
Mr. Farrant, there's a lot of talk about the environment in the last little while, but only now are the anglers and hunters finally getting their due in terms of credit for their conservation activities. I'd like to think that our government is responsible in part because of the respect that we pay to this particular community. I'm chair of the Conservative hunting and angling caucus. It's the only one of its kind in any government.
Why is it in the past, Mr. Farrant, that the immense contributions to environmental conservation by the angling and hunting community have been so undervalued in light of the tremendous contributions that community has made?