New $2.00 Special Fee for MNR

[Poppa]

Instead of increasing the price of licenses the MNR has created a new Special Fee.

New $2.00 Special Fee added for each fishing and hunting license, Outdoor Card and Draw Cards.

http://ontariofishingnetwork.com/201...fe-management/


Fish Safe and Often..

Poppa

[Thumperrr]

This is nothing but a rip off,I read what they had to say,which was very little insofar as value for our dollars spent.And then they say that only 2/3rds goes to fishing.....were does the rest go ? And they're making seniors pay still....I'm not impressed with this lot...I was under the mistaken illusion that ALL of our money for licenses was going to....enforcement,restocking (yea right),education....where is the other 1/3rd going ? Come on let's hear what everyone has to say....it's OUR MONEY FOLKS

[jlmorgan]

Instead of increasing the price of licenses the MNR has created a new Special Fee.

New $2.00 Special Fee added for each fishing and hunting license, Outdoor Card and Draw Cards.

http://ontariofishingnetwork.com/201...fe-management/


Fish Safe and Often..

Poppa

If the prices of licenses don't go up next year it will be the first time in a lot of years!

[jimmer]

Nothing new in my opinion. The provincial government needs $$$$$$$. Easy money guys. The $2 goes to the special fund, but where does the rest of the license money go.

[DUXX]

Mnr is one of the few
minisries that has income. When I worked there it all went to the minisrty of finance and was then allocated back though the budget process. There was talk of trying to keep the non-tax revenue streams but don't know if that ever happened. I saw some very large cheques from hydro for water usage at nuke plants and such. Also logging and mining rights, these dollars should go to the general coffers because these resources belong to the people. License fees logically should go back into the resource, but we are talking about government here!!

[BryanG]

You buy a license and the mnr still treat ya like a criminal and will go at any length to fine you regardless. No more days of having a conversation with the mnr they are police now ans people fear them. This is not how it should be pretty disgusting behavior getting fed up with these guys

[Bonkers]

I found out today that they now don't send out renewal notices because it's to expensive. Lucky I caught it because mine expires in December

[blasted_saber]

This is nothing but a rip off,I read what they had to say,which was very little insofar as value for our dollars spent.And then they say that only 2/3rds goes to fishing.....were does the rest go ? And they're making seniors pay still....I'm not impressed with this lot...I was under the mistaken illusion that ALL of our money for licenses was going to....enforcement,restocking (yea right),education....where is the other 1/3rd going ? Come on let's hear what everyone has to say....it's OUR MONEY FOLKS

Administration would be the primary place, besides "boots in the field" and equipment.

As for the fee, I gladly pay it. All the stuff I spend money on in a given year, the $300 I spend on hunting and fishing licenses is the best money I spend.

[marabou]

This is nothing but a rip off,I read what they had to say,which was very little insofar as value for our dollars spent.And then they say that only 2/3rds goes to fishing.....were does the rest go ? And they're making seniors pay still....I'm not impressed with this lot...I was under the mistaken illusion that ALL of our money for licenses was going to....enforcement,restocking (yea right),education....where is the other 1/3rd going ? Come on let's hear what everyone has to say....it's OUR MONEY FOLKS

I take it you're talking about the last line in that article?

The Fish and Wildlife Special Purpose Account currently supports approximately two-thirds of fishing and hunting opportunities in Ontario.

Whoever wrote that did a poor job.

What it should say is that 2/3 of the MNR Fish & Wildlife budget comes from the special purpose account and the other 1/3 comes from the public treasury.

Source: http://apps.mnr.gov.on.ca/public/fil...rod_110525.pdf - page 6

61% of the special purpose account revenue comes from resident hunting & fishing licenses
33% of the special purpose account revenue comes from non-resident hunting & fishing licenses
The remaining 7% revenue comes from commercial fishing, furs, fines, bait fishing & interest (page 4)

There's a lot of good information in that report. You'll see that there's a $7 million dollar shortfall in the budget and that this new fee structure will cover that shortfall. You'll see that the shortfall is due to a gradual reduction in the number of licenses sold over the past 10 years and you'll see that the reduction in the number of licenses sold is because the baby boomer generation doesn't need to buy them anymore.

Do I like the fees? No. Do I think they're necessary? Yes. If they're going to have that extra money though, they'd better print more regulations this year!! I think that's the thing that has bothered me the most the last two years.

[Richie Hastings]

It's $2 Measly dollars, lets not get into "the gov't this and the Gov't that" type of comments and complaints... I understand you cant make everyone happy, but it's $2.00 not your left knut....

What's the saying - "If you want to play, you have to pay" - We still own the greatest natural resources in the world and if an additional $2 ensures its conservation by whatever means I'll gladly pay it.