Environment committee  Thank you very much for inviting me to speak on behalf of the association. I'd like to start by saying that we're neither specialists in hunting nor is that covered in our mandate, so I won't be speaking about that subject today. I'd also like to point out that we are neither an

Environment committee  The majority of this kind of nuisance trapping is happening in municipalities where there are other solutions. In Ontario, if you say to the Ministry of Natural Resources that there's a coyote in my backyard, they give you a fact sheet and a number to call for your local trapper.

Environment committee  To me the logic is that Canadians have said they don't really want fur, sir, and that is why they are not buying it.

Environment committee  Thank you very much for that offer, Mr. McKay. In the past, Mr. Sopuck has called me a radical in the House of Commons and I did not have a chance to defend myself on that either during the RCMP fur hat debacle. I think it's important to point out that I am not the HSUS, Mr. Sop

Environment committee  He inspires it in everybody he meets for sure.

Environment committee  I'd like to offer something quickly on that.

Environment committee  That was from a Government of Canada—

Environment committee  Thank you very much, sir. Again, it appears that the Conservatives of this committee enjoy the term “debate” the same way my ex-wife did, in that I talk, you listen, and that's the end of the debate.

Environment committee  I would like to offer my formal apologies.

Environment committee  Yes, I would very much appreciate an opportunity to answer that specific member of Parliament. Those numbers come from the 2012 Canadian Nature Survey, which was signed off on by all provincial and territorial governments and the national government, including your party, sir. I'

Environment committee  I'm also being told that I don't—

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. McKay. He did provide good answers. Many of us in this debate actually end up meeting at community meetings and having frank conversations that are surprisingly civil. We often invite trappers to come to our conferences. In terms of the signage, I will