The costs are prohibitive…

The costs are prohibitive for the small farmer in Ontario. And in some municipalities like Ottawa one is required to pay for the city's drainage charges plus pay for the municipal drain charges, essentially for the same service. The municipal drains were not supposed to be drains on farmers incomes, and the D
rainage Act did not foresee the numerous government bodies and regulations that would come to impact what used to be the simple clearing of a drain.