Fisheries committee  People indicated they would like follow-ups on two or three things, and we will certainly get them to the clerk for all members of the committee expeditiously.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much.

Environment committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, members of the committee, and fellow panellists. On behalf of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, our 100,000 members, and 675 member clubs across the province, I am pleased to have the opportunity to appear before you today to comment on the

Environment committee  Thank you for the question, Ms. Leslie. Yes, we do. We've had a number of consultations recently and several face-to-face meetings with the current Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Mr. Ashfield, over proposed changes to the Fisheries Act in the budget implementation bill, and w

Environment committee  Yes. I can't be any briefer than that.

Environment committee  I'll try to be brief again. I won't answer “yes” this time. I can give you some basic examples in a very short fashion. The invading species awareness program is on the ground across this province. We have 27 summer students that we hire as a hit squad in every corner of this

Environment committee  I'm not sure that the government needs to, based on what we are hearing from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, what we're hearing from the minister and his staff, and officials at the department now. We continue to ask questions about what the changes to the act are going to look like

Environment committee  Certainly more money is always a great idea, but there are a number of things the plan could recommend. I want to be really clear about this. When we talk about things like wildlife diseases, and we talk about habitat, and we talk about invasive species, these are issues we've

Environment committee  Sure, I'd be more than happy to do so. One thing I didn't touch on but that is in the written presentation the committee members will have is that we strongly agree that public awareness and education should be a key component of the NCP. For many years we've gone to committee

Environment committee  I can certainly provide this committee with the invasive species public education and awareness proposal we gave to the fisheries and oceans committee ast week. We'd be more than happy to send this committee a copy of that, which outlines exactly how it works on the ground. I mig

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon to you and the members of the committee. On behalf of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, which is celebrating its 86th anniversary this year, our 100,000 members, and our 710 member clubs across Ontario, we appreciate the opportu

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll certainly give it a go, Mr. Falk. The OFAH already does outreach on a regular basis. One of the outreach programs that we're most proud of is our new Canadians program. This bill would help focus some real attention on these particular pastimes, these recreational pursuits,

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Monsieur Dion, for the question. I appreciate it. We are coming up on the cusp of national family fishing week in the next short while. There is also an Ontario family fishing weekend, which brings thousands of people. For instance, just outside of Peterborough we hos

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Mr. Chair, members of the committee, and fellow panellists, if you're out there in cyberspace somewhere. On behalf of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, one of the largest and oldest conservation-based organizations in Canada, wit

Environment committee  Participation in hunting continues to grow. Over the last decade the Ontario hunter education safety program, which we administer on behalf of the Ministry of Natural Resources, has trained over 250,000 new hunters in Ontario. Of particular significance is that the proportion of