Fisheries committee  Money comes from our membership. It comes also from funding for various programs from government and private sources, but primarily from membership.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  We have 17 biologists on staff for fish, wildlife, land use, etc., who are better able to speak to that. It's not an issue that comes up with us very often, to be quite frank.

Fisheries committee  I would be more than happy, though, to get you more information on that by speaking to staff and I would certainly provide it to you after the fact.

Fisheries committee  That's correct.

Fisheries committee  We don't distinguish, but if I were to take an educated guess, I would say that three-quarters of them are anglers first, hunters second.

Fisheries committee  No.

Fisheries committee  No, not necessarily at all. They are both urban, rural, north, south—they are all over the province.

Fisheries committee  I appreciate that. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the committee, good morning. On behalf of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, one of the largest and oldest conservation-based organizations in the country, with 100,000 members, supporters, and subscribers, and 7

Environment committee  Thank you. Again, thank you, Ms. Hughes, for the question. I'm not a scientist. I'm not a biologist. We employ 17 biologists at our federation for fish and wildlife, and invasive species, and land use, and other reasons. They'd probably be able to give you a more thorough answe

Environment committee  I think it's early days to determine how that decision by the Supreme Court is going to have impact in Ontario. I can tell you that we have two very large aboriginal files that are going on. There are 50 land claims going on in Ontario, but there are two in particular that have a

Environment committee  I think it's fair to say that it happens more through the government. We have sat down at the table many times with the Algonquin first nations and talked to them about the land claim. We have been to their band councils, and they have been to our head office in Peterborough. We

Environment committee  I'll speak briefly, because I know Mr. Crawford probably wants to get a word in here, and justifiably so. Speaking of my organization, the OFAH holds women's outdoor weekends every year. We also have our youth program, Get Outdoors, which holds month-long camps in the summer.

Environment committee  Okay. We hold a new Canadians day every year at OFAH head office. We have a large pond there that is stocked with fish. It's sponsored by Shimano. We bring busloads of people from the GTA out to Peterborough. They spend the day at our fish and wildlife heritage centre next door.

Environment committee  Well, the first thing I want to point out is that it's very easy for groups who oppose these activities to be obstructive or to raise concerns on their part that they think are valid. But at the same time, we have seen things—and I'll give you a good example, going back to 1999 i