Mandatory reporting penalties changing

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is proposing changes to the penalties for failing to submit a mandatory hunting report.

Currently, if a hunter fails to submit a hunter report on two consecutive occasions for the same species, they are locked out — meaning they are prevented from purchasing any relevant product for that species for one year.

The MNR is proposing to eliminate the lock-out penalty and replace it with a graduated financial penalty. A hunter will continue to receive a $25 surcharge penalty fee for each failure to submit a mandatory report. Under this proposal, for a second consecutive failure to report for the same species, a hunter would receive a $50 surcharge penalty. The hunter would continue to pay the $50 penalty until they submit a report for that species.

The full proposal for penalties can be viewed here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8896.
The deadline for comments is October 1.