David Pope a dit que, selon la Western Stock Growers' Association, la grande majorité des personnes mêlées à l'élevage de bovins au Canada n'appuieraient pas, entre autres choses, une loi qui permettrait au gouvernement fédéral de confisquer leurs terres sans indemnisation équitable afin de protéger l'habitat d'une espèce en péril.
David Pope said the Western Stock Growers' Association believed that the vast majority of the people involved in raising cattle in Canada would not support a law which would allow their federal government to confiscate their land without fair compensation under the guise of protecting habitat of a species at risk, as well as other issues.