These four proposals were put forward by the Wawa MNR at their 2010 CLUAH presentation whereby they intend on continuing their practice of restricting public vehicular travel on designated roads to allow hunters staying at "remote"-based outfitters exclusive use of our public lands during the first two weeks of moose season. Currently they make the public wait their turn for the first two weeks.

When questioned about this discriminatory practice and going ahead with it especially when they mention that social and economic inequities will occur a spokesman told us that surprisingly they weren't referring to the public. The public owns this land we're being kicked out of, are we chopped liver?

The MNR is creating a monopoly by giving preference to the remote outfitters while the guests of road-based outfitters and the public must wait it out. This is against the law and the Ontario Municipal Act s.18 which the MNR is apparently partially governed by.

You'll notice how the public wasn't even faintly considered here. There is no proposal favouring the best interests of the public.

 

Two Week Hunting Road Closure """ Proposal A """ 

Staus Quo   

First two-week of moose hunt. restrict certain road systems around LUPs

• Pros

- Increase hunt opportunmes for customers

- Increase feelings of solitude during hunt for customers

• Cons

- Costs for enforcement (signage. staff resources etc)

- Social ineq uity

- Economic inequity

 

 Two-Week Hunting Road Closure """Proposal B """

Reduce timing of restriction-

• Pros- Increase hunt opportunities for customers

- Increase feelings of solitude during hunt for customers• Cons- Costs for enforcement

- Social inequity(Improved)- Economic inequity

Two-Week Hunting Road Closure . """Proposal C """

.• Remove

• Replace with – designated LUP that restricts roads within buffer for two weeks of moose hunt.

• Pros-

Assigns restrictions around a determined valueeconomic inequity)

- Increase hunt opportunities for customers

- Increase feelings of solitude during hunt for customers

• Cons

- Costs for enforcement (signage, staff resources etc)

- Social inequity (ImproVed)

 

• Two-Week Hunting Road Closure """Proposal D """  

• Proposal 0

• Replace with – Two week allowance of use on newly created roads in Wildland Areas

•Pros

-Increase hunt opportunities for customers

-Increase feelings of solitude during hunt for customers

• Cons

- Social inequity (improved)

- Economic inequity