The proposed changes are…

The proposed changes are unacceptable and appear to cater to a small segment of the population.
The changes definitely impact reasonable mooring.

Increasing the distance that a camping unit on water must move to a different location from 100 meters to 1 kilometer is prohibitive to enjoying different bays on an island or closely located islands. 500 meters would be more reasonable.

Adding a new condition to prohibit camping on water within 300 meters of a developed shoreline, including any waterfront structure, dock, boathouse, erosion control structure, altered shoreline, boat launch and/or fill is elitist. As stated it its goal is to address noise pollution, aesthetic, and privacy-related impacts to waterfront private property owners. The only benefit is to increase the rights of waterfront property owners and give them exclusive access to water over crown land by reducing the rights of the general populace.
Problems with gray water discharge, lake bed protection or noise can be dealt with through other regulations and by laws already in existence.
  The proposed changes prevent regular "over water campers" from anchoring in most locations on Lake Ontario.  In many locations the water is far too deep to anchor 300 m off the shore, and if it is shallow enough that far out, it decreases protection of a lee shore and puts the boat at risk. It is a safety hazard. The only benefit to this regulation is to people who are able to afford waterfront properties and gives them exclusive access to water over crown land. This is unacceptable and denies rights to the majority of the population.

We strongly object to the 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.

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