I oppose any extension for…

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I oppose any extension for cottagers. This is a provincial park and should be used only for day use and camping. The world, Canada, and Ontario needs more green space and the footprint left by cottagers is detrimental to the natural environment. The campsite portion of the park covers a very small amount of the total area but the cottagers take up a very significant amount of the park and interfere and hurt the environment. Cars, noise, septic tanks, and other human activity and pollution all have an impact and reducing any amount of these would leave the park and nature in much better shape.

People are not allowed to live in the park during the winter I would assume because it is hard on the eco-system so why is it that having people live there in the summer is somehow acceptable?

Why extend it for an additional 14 years if the end game is to eventually have the cottagers leave then why not address that now and have them removed? Presumably at some point the cottagers will be asked to leave so it should be now. Years ago when individual leases expired those cottages were removed and left for nature to take over and to my mind that worked out very well so the same should happen now.

This specific park has many uses and functions all of which would be markedly improved if the cottagers were removed.

A provincial park is just that a park, not an exclusive playground for wealthy people who can afford to have a second residence, especially now when so many Ontarians are struggling.

If having people reside in provincial parks is such a good idea why isn't the province proposing opening all of the provincial parks to cottagers? My guess is that the backlash and outcry against any government foolish enough to do this would be enormous. Rondeau therefore should be no different. It is way past the time these cottagers should be removed. Rather than extend their leases it is time for them to be out.