I applaud the province for…

I applaud the province for addressing this new and growing threat to the quality of life for both human inhabitants and all other species living on the UNESCO-designated Georgian Bay World Biosphere. The limited supply and rising cost of waterfront property has resulted in attempts to create floating cottages which release their water and sewage back into the pristine waters of Georgian Bay and smaller lakes.
When I lived out west in the 1980's, my brokerage firm and I developed the first insurance program for floating house village in B.C. My client owned the land abutting the proposed floating house site, and built a sewage treatment plant which surpassed the quality of the municipal system in Ladner , B.C. All floating residences in the village were hooked up to Land-based water and sewage.

My client also negotiated formal permission to use the land under the water on the Fraser River, near where it empties into the Pacific Ocean. He negotiated with both the Fraser River Harbour Authority and the Province of B.C. The village paid for this permission and paid annual property taxes.
The idea that one can convince Transport Canada to register a floating residence as a 'vessel' is very threatening to the families who have owned shoreline properties for numerous generations and pay ridiculous property taxes for that privilege. The threat to the environment is inestimable.