Maybe, but we'd definately have far more people who's encounters with nature are more than signing a check once a year. The tree huggers always like to smear hunters and fisherMEN (I'm old and that's the word, by ginmminee!) as exploiters but these are also the people who pay most of the costs of the outdoor programs.
Even taking out the local guides/scouts fishing would seat the idea that these places still exist and that they need to be protected.
We banter around the politically charged term "un-Canadian" but in my mind, these city dwellers who have never seen even an example of the great hinterland that is most of Canada are the real pretenders. We have so much space and I think Canadians need to see, feel and taste a little of what it's like.
.. then again,...it's cold and my feet hurt.
