MHIV, No, I am NOT ...looking for a fight...and I am not someone whom you would wish to engage in that respect, in any event. I have been active in BC conservation since the early '60s, am a member of a pre-Confederation B.C. pioneer family and have worked in resource management extensively. In short, I have ...walked my talk... and am VERY familiar with exactly how the U.S.A. has treated Canada since my ancestors fought them in 1775-83 and 1812-14, here in Canada.

Perhaps YOUR business interests may blind you to the ENORMOUS imapct that the American refusal to honour the treaty they signed with respect to "softwood" has had on rural B.C., however, I just traveled through the Cariboo, Bulkley, Skeena and Fraser valleys to and from Rupert and I SAW the closed mills, restaurants and other businesses; remember, these are our "friends" and they BROKE their word to us.......

You are new to this site and thus some here will question your comments and location, as is only natural. This is not attempting to ...get on your back..., it is simply a cautionary proviso against "trolls" and, given the nature of the 'net, is to be welcomed, not worried about.

You either do not grasp what I am saying, or, are distorting it as I have NOT said that Canada should exist in isolation from all other nations, or, that "non-resident" hunters should not be allowed here. What I said was, I think that it may be time to stop all " non resident ALIEN" hunting here and, yes, that INCLUDES Americans.

They DO NOT HAVE ANY particular status here and the Martin affair is only one of MANY such incidents over the years; I see NO reason to allow them to kill our Stone's Sheep, for example, when residents are prevented from doing so by their political lobbying and exclusive contracts with charter air carriers, who use CROWN airstrips to carry on business.

I have no interest in "Grand Slams", however, this is not relevant to the topic at hand. Very simply, NO foreign investment, control, influence or involvement in BC resource harvesting-management is my philosophy and NO American's killing game here when guided by other American's with GO concessions in B.C., ESPECIALLY when we who OWN B.C. must deal with L.E.H. for OUR game!

Bryan Martin IS going to be out of business, I have had enough of scumbags like him coming here to grab what is mine by birthright. I ALSO am prepared to deal with the threats made on the Campfire and I think that you will find that a MAJORITY of B.C. resident hunters feel very much the same way. This does not refer to other CANADIANS who SHOULD be allowed to hunt in B.C. as we are in their provinces. Hope this clarifies things for you.