They really don't want to answer any of my questions.
My email:
Dear Honourable Minister,
I am writing you again today as my previous questions have gone unanswered. I am going to very blunt and to the point so there is no confusion.
I require an answer to each of the following questions.
Please provide me with the legalities, rules and stipulations around each of the Minister Special Licenses (Moose, Antelope, Turkey)
Please provide me with the over arching rules, regulations, and laws that govern the Minister Special Licenses in regards to the auction licenses and the raffle licenses
Why did AEP not give Alberta Fish and Game Association the conditions around the Moose, Turkey, and Antelope licenses upon their requests?
Is it legal for AEP to provide APOS with a Moose, Antelope, and Turkey Minister Special License to auction off for a Non Resident or Resident to purchase without providing a Minister Special License of each to be raffled off for Alberta Residents?
Why is AEP working so closely with APOS but not willing to work with AFGA?
Why are the Moose, Antelope, and Turkey Minister Special Licenses not available for Alberta Resident raffle?
I look forward to a response.
Regards,
Their response: (Take note of 2 D)
Thank you for your email regarding the Minister Special Licenses for Moose, Antelope and Turkey. The Honourable Whitney Issik, Minister of Environment and Parks, forwarded your comments to the program area for response. I welcome the opportunity to provide the following information.
1. The legal mechanism for the Minister of Alberta Environment and Parks to set regulations and allocate licenses is as per the Wildlife Act of Alberta, Part 3, Sections 12-20.
https://www.qp.alberta.ca/1266.cfm?p...=9780779820467 . The rules and conditions are currently being reviewed and will be made publicly available once finalised.
2. The over-arching laws and regulations with respect to licenses are as per the Wildlife Act of Alberta, as above. The contract for their marketing are still in development, but the basic policy principles are that :
a. The funds received by the agency responsible for marketing and auctioning/raffling the license opportunities are to be managed to disburse to conservation-related projects, as indicated to you in our last response.
b. The licenses are non-transferable.
c. The timing and place of auction/raffle is up to the agency holding the contract for marketing the licenses.
d. Licenses will be made available for elk, mule deer, Bighorn sheep, pronghorn, moose and turkey: 1 each for auction and 1 each for raffle.
e. Only qualified residents of Alberta (able to legally hunt as per current regulations) are able to obtain raffle-licenses.
f. Once the current additions to the existing licenses are finalized as per conditions and rationalized as to the timing of the marketing, the licenses offered in future years will be consistently applied. Developing the conditions is a complex process involving a legal review, and takes time to complete.
3. The development of conditions, as above, takes a considerable amount of time to provide, and is pending review.
4. As per the Wildlife Act, Part 3, Sections 12-20, the Minister may allocate and set conditions for the disbursement of licenses, and is not constrained as per your example.
5. As stated in our previous correspondence, the timing of the Midwest Deer and Elk show necessitated a prompt decision with respect to the agency best able to market the licenses, and APOS was identified as that agency. We are in the process of developing a request-for-proposal for the raffle marketing.
6. As stated beforehand, the availability of licenses is dependent on the development of conditions as well as the time available to raffle appropriate licenses. The auctions for these licenses do not require the level of marketing that the raffle licenses do, and the raffle licenses are subject to the review of Provincial gaming authorities.
Sincerely,
Alberta Environment and Parks
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