What is the offical BCWF allocation policy

[Ed George]

The official BCWF policy on allocation is the 90/10 and 75/25 split as set out in the resolution from last years convention. The reason you have not seen anything different is that that is the membership's directions to the leadership. As the resolution was voted on and accepted at convention it becomes the official policy and the only policy that the Board can or will follow.

What has been discussed is that the government is talking numbers and changing percentages to support the numbers while the BCWF is supporting only the pure percentages as per the resolution. What has been discussed is that if the numbers only are accepted as a base line and the percentages legislated as per the BCWF position, the guides are locked at the numbers they profess to need for viability until the animal populations recover and those numbers meet the percentages put forward by the BCWF membership, only then will the guides receive any additions to their numbers. The problem seen here is that with the numbers put forward by the guides to guarantee their viability there is no incentive to grow the populations, they get everything they need with the populations at all time lows.


The latest line trotted out by the government is that the wildlife in the province is owned by all British Columbians and they have an obligation to get the most money out of the allocations as is available for the province. What the have not factored into their equation is the foreign ownership of guide territories employing foreign guides that receive their pay either in foreign banks or in the form of wildlife harvested in lieu of pay does nothing for the provincial coffers.


Hunting for Health not Heads

[btridge]

The official BCWF policy on allocation is the 90/10 and 75/25 split as set out in the resolution from last years convention. The reason you have not seen anything different is that that is the membership's directions to the leadership. As the resolution was voted on and accepted at convention it becomes the official policy and the only policy that the Board can or will follow.

Finally, an answer to the question I asked, thank you. This is the position as I understood it to be, and that I can support.

[GoatGuy]

BCWF is still moving forward on this issue. Will continue to go after changes to wildlife management and allocations.


Government and GOABC will continue to do what they do. News should be out in June.............

[Whonnock Boy]

Has this been announced anywhere other than here? If not, I would suggest mentioning it on the BCWF website. I believe it is of utmost importance to let everyone know that this was voted on, and passed, not just for moving forward but, maintaining and garnering more support for the federation.

The official BCWF policy on allocation is the 90/10 and 75/25 split as set out in the resolution from last years convention. The reason you have not seen anything different is that that is the membership's directions to the leadership. As the resolution was voted on and accepted at convention it becomes the official policy and the only policy that the Board can or will follow.