I am in favour of extending…

I am in favour of extending the terms. I am a cottage owner. I am totally in favour of the tentative agreement for us to buy our lots. It is in the best interest of all. The reasoning backing this is as follows:

1. Cottages have been there since they were in encouraged to do so by the Province.
2. They have not harmed the ecological integrity of the park.
3. There is no evidence that any species has declined in numbers since cottages were erected, and just maybe the numbers have Increased. If it weren't for the cottages providing habitat cover, the species may have been at risk.
4. The cottages Do Not occupy ANY of the lake shore. In fact, the lake shore beach and sand dunes is 300 to 400 feet wider now in most places than when cottages were first allowed. It is just taken place naturally. That is the way the world evolves.
5. The only cottages with shore line are the first 5 cottages inside the park and on Rondeau Bay. These lots take up 250 feet in total of a 8 mile shore line of park boundary ( roughly 42,240 feet ).
6.It is not fair to have in the lease that cottages must be kept in good repair, or the Ministry shall enter the property and make the repairs and charge the cottage owner for such repairs, and then could cancel or not renew the leases.
7. Cottages have been and are good stewards of the land. It is time to make the sale to cottage owners as has been negotiated by Previous Ministers.
8. LESS than 1% of the park is occupied by these cottages, and that % is able to be sold.

Extend the lease, but get the sale of the lots done soon, so everyone can move on and make this park the Crown Jewell it once was again.