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I am sending this email to express my opposition to the captioned
proposal to amend Ontario Regulation 161/17 to the Public Lands Act to
change the requirements for camping on water over Ontario’s public
lands as it is currently constituted._

_ While I support the goal of the proposed changes which I
interpret as addressing nuisance boats taking up long-term residence on
public lands, I believe the proposed wording would significantly
negatively impact the ability of responsible boat owners to enjoy
boating and anchoring on Lake Ontario, Georgian Bay and many other
lakes. Specifically, the prohibition of anchoring/camping within 300m of
developed shoreline would effectively prohibit the use of anchorages
that have been in use by boaters for decades. I note that anchorages
require specific geographic or manmade landforms that are relatively
rare on most lakes. The notion that moving a few hundred metres away
from a current anchorage would solve the problem is invalid. In most
instances, moving a few hundred metres would require leaving a safe
anchorage._