What happens to public…

What happens to public access of these beaches? It looks like about 6 km of beach front. What is the plan for this property? What about protected or endangered species that live there? What happens when people need access to the water? This land belongs to the people. How much of the selloff of this land is being reinvested into meeting community needs for access to nature and water, to outside enjoyment of shared spaces for free? Will this sold off land still be accessible to people or fenced off? Is this an overall net benefit from a community perspective? Will this create more community access space for the public to engage in free, public spaces for community gatherings, arts, music, concerts, leisure? Or is it being privatized and the public left with a net loss? None of this is clear from the proposal. Making more tourism opportunities sounds like restricting and privatizing this land for the enrichment of a few well positioned individuals and companies who happen to have more agency and who will benefit on a larger order of magnitude than the overall benefit back to overall, and the residents of Wasaga Beach. This looks like a net loss.
What about the Historic Site, Nancy Island? It looks like a stunning, protected nature environment. This is a peaceful place for people to experience nature and protect the endangered Piping Plover population. There is a community of Friends of Nancy Island and Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. This community exists because of the natural environment. This is people who enjoy the space as it is and are proud of it. This plan doesn’t seem well thought out unless viewed within the narrow lens of exchanging a priceless public asset for an enclosed and inaccessible private asset. Nor does it seem like the values assessment of these decisions includes an equitable analysis of the cost/ benefit of all parties concerned and all aspects not just the tourism $$ but the intangibles like the enjoyment of sitting on a beach at sunset and the benefits to mental health and wellness and the cost of more volumes of people on an already fragile ecosystem.