Submissions

The CFA and its members, particularly those in Eastern Canada, have expressed concerns with the significant crop damages caused by the growing Sandhill Crane population. In particular, the number of breeding pairs estimated by the ECCC-Canadian Wildlife Service’s Eastern Waterfowl Survey shows an average growth rate of 11% per year in Quebec since 1990 and 6% per year in Ontario since 2011. As a result, the CFA calls on the Canadian Wildlife Service to allow a managed hunt of Sandhill Cranes in Eastern Canada to help farmers mitigate crop damage caused by Sandhill Cranes.