The proposed regions to be…

The proposed regions to be given over to the town make no sense. The only logical reason to take those areas, New Wasaga, Beach areas 1 & 2 are simply for commercial greed and gentrification.
Other than those topics, there are endless reasons to keep these areas protected and under the province. The first includes economic benefits for the municipality, the dune systems protect the shoreline in various ways. Beach areas 1&2 are both natural beaches that have been promoting these dune systems. The dunes are sand storage (so less sand migrates to the backshore, where all the town commercial and residential communities are). There is often seen sand sweepers out around the shore to clean the streets, but with more prominent dunes there will be less of a need to clean the streets.
These dunes are also vital habitat for various shore wildlife, including the very endangered piping plover. These tiny shorebirds came back to wasagas ideal shorelines in 2008 after 70 years of being absent due to human activity. They have had their best year yet in 2025 for nesting and their population has continued to grow the the efforts of park staff/birds Canada staff here and in the USA. The dunes are supported by vegetation such as marram grass (which is very sensitive and dies after being stepped on 3 times) and bushes, which are used my piping plovers to hide from predators such as seagulls, Merlin’s, and raptor birds. Without the dunes, the piping plovers will have a low chance of successful nesting survival at Wasaga beach.
I focus on the dunes because, with the proposal of a sky-high hotel on the shoreline at beach areas 1-2, without provincial/federal protections of endangered species habitat (such as the Bill C5 that changed it) and the additional switch from provincial to municipal land ownership, there is a good chance these beach areas will not protect the dunes and will rake the beach, destroying the habitat, in the name of simplistic, convenient, beauty for the rich business owners who will be taking over wasaga’s main strip.
In other discussion, I have been discussing with locals about this, and many who are aware of the piping plovers, or in general support of the local businesses that have defined Wasaga Beach tourism, they are furious and are fearful for how the gentrification will destroy the heart of what Wasaga Beach is. Many mention how the hotel will be an eye sore, inconvenience to the already small strip available for local businesses.
This proposal is not in the best interests for the locals or tourists of Wasaga Beach at all, nor the wildlife and landscape. It is souly in the best interests of Doug Ford’s greed, Brian Smith’s greed, and their agreements with rich mega businesses who have plans to gentrify Wasaga’s wonderful and plentiful bay.