Public Safety committee  I am.

Public Safety committee  These women are very much aware of the issue. They are seriously involved in hunting now, particularly in recent years. In Quebec, 24% of women are hunting, which is a significant figure. Barely a few years ago, it was 7% to 8% of women. The pandemic probably contributed to this growth, and we have certainly seen an increase in membership.

Public Safety committee  The way I see it, the hunting and fishing environment in which I work finds itself in a very unusual anxiety-producing climate given the people involved. This community finds itself unjustly targeted, handcuffed and potentially criminalized. In addition to my role as general manager, and as the host and producer of a television program that has more than 869,000 viewers every week, as well as a hunting and fishing magazine, I head up a community made up exclusively of women, 20,600 women hunters, fishers, gatherers and nature lovers.