I am not in favour of the…

I am not in favour of the lease extension. However it might be the lesser of two evils, if the government holds the cottagers to accountability.
-the current lease that leaseholders signed and agreed to, does not allow cottagers to have their Rondeau cottage as their sole place of residence, yet there are probably at least a dozen cottagers who make it their sole/primary residence. If this lease extension goes forward, there will likely be more and more who make it their primary/sole residence, and will eventually demand or expect increasing services such as municipal water supply. Increased services will ultimately cause greater negative impacts on the fragile natural environment of this nationally significant provincial park;
-cottagers should not intrude in any way on the area beyond their official cottage lot. For example they should not be dumping anything across the Lakeshore Road into the forest. This has happened too much in the past, and there is some junk, but even worse, are the non-native plants that have been deposited, allowing them to propagate and negatively impact the forest; also they should not expand/store equipment onto adjacent vacant lots, or towards the beach area at all;
-cottagers should not be planting any species of plant not native to the park on their lots, as some will eventually end up beyond the lot and negatively impact the natural environment; they should be encouraged to remove the non-native plants that are already on their lot;
-eventual removal of cottages has been in the existing park management plan, yet the government continues to capitulate to the interests of them, rather than doing what is right to protect this nationally significant natural area. However in the few cases where cottages have been removed, the government does not attempt to restore the newly vacant lot, resulting in many non-native plants to take over, some species which are quite aggressively invasive, which will expand beyond. If the government was committed to protecting this natural environment, there must be an approved restoration plan for any and all lots as they are vacated.
-Any violation of the current or future lease conditions should result in a warning to them. Three violations, and their existing lease should be terminated;
-the park budget should be expanded to ensure there are adequate staff all year round to monitor and deal with any violations of the existing or future leases.

Please do what is right for Rondeau as the nationally significant natural area that it is, and not give in yet again to the favoured few cottagers!