I got Back country pass for the foothill areas - Not impressed!

[binch]

Well I finally broke down and picked up a backcountry pass for the foothills of Alberta and I'm not impressed with the fee structure at all.

$30/person for an annual pass.....Okay, fine.....
$ 3.25 for the privilege to have the fee processed.
$ 8.00 It says online it's "required to purchase a one-
       time Wildlife Identification Number(WIN)
       license".  What's it for....you need this for
       fishing and hunting licenses apparently.  But I
       don't do either...so why do I need it.  It's so
       the information from the Backcountry pass can be
       stored again in a licensing database?!? I call
       "horse cookies!"
$ 2.06 For the GST icing on the cake...Well there's no
       escaping that so whatever.

$43.31 Total cost of my $30 backcountry pass...yah
       right!!!

And from what they told me at the shop I picked up the pass that one time fee for the WIN number (that allows me to by my annual back country camping pass has to be renewed every 5 years too!!!!

CONE HEADS!!!!

[Apu]

I can't understand why they make you buy a WIN card if you are not buying a fishing license or a tag. Makes no sense.

[headdamage]

It feeds money to the company that administers the program, or it could just be it is the easiest way for them to sell them.