In concert with the Manitoba Wildlife Federation and the Manitoba Lodges and Outfitters Association, Manitoba officials justify the non-Canadian waterfowl-hunting plan, saying it:
• Prioritizes resident hunting opportunities and access to the resource.
• Prioritizes existing licensed outfitting businesses "such that their services are highly sought after by clientele from across Canada, the U.S. and the world.''
• Ensures that non-outfitted, foreign residents accessing Manitoba waterfowling opportunities are sustainable and at numbers tolerable by Manitobans.
WTF.....Wildlife Federations are usually against the commercialization of wildlife. Bottom line, there will be less water fowlers in Manitoba. In 1978 there were 55,000 water fowlers. Today in Manitoba, 10,000 and going down.