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Green Party under fire for suggesting hunters eat grizzly meat

The leader of BC's Conservative party says the Green's are a distraction in the current dispute over trophy hunting.

BC Conservatives say Andrew Weaver of the Greens is distracting from hunting debate

BC Conservative leader Dan Brooks says Andrew Weaver of the Green Party is distracting from the current debate over hunting allocation by suggesting trophy hunters be forced to eat the meat of a Grizzly Bear they kill. Brooks says the real issue is hunting permits favouring foreign interests. 

Parks Canada estimates that up to 20,000 grizzly bears remain in western Alberta, the Yukon and Northwest Territories and British Columbia. (Mathieu Belanger/Reuters)

To hear the full interview with BC Conservative Party leader Dan Brooks click the audio labelled: Dan Brooks - Hunting Allocation.

To hear the full interview with Andrew Weaver of the BC Green Party, click the audio labelled: Hunting Allocation - Andrew Weaver.