Excuse me. Yes, most people don't have the luxury of being employed in the public sector like some of us. I'll give some statistics from eastern Canada. There are almost 10,000 full-time jobs in a very job-scarce area in Atlantic Canada directly related to oil and gas development, and in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia $2 billion in royalties are paid each year by the oil and gas industry. Presumably some of that money goes to support universities.
I'm very glad that you were quite honest and up front, and I applaud you for that, about your desire to see the long-term elimination of oil and gas development off eastern Canada. I think that's a courageous statement to make. I vehemently disagree with it, but I commend you for your honesty.
You made the point that fishing is a damaging activity. As an avid angler myself, and there are some four million anglers in Canada, many of whom fish in salt water and the ethos of catch and release has taken hold, what earthly damage could a catch-and-release recreational fishery do inside a marine protected area?