Your dock goes on the docket

Your dock goes on the docket: After deregulation, many cottagers and municipalities will find themselves navigating the courts (Ryan Tacay /iStockphoto)

Your dock goes on the docket

 

The proposed amendments would build a time machine to send navigation law back to the 1800s

Will Amos and Ian Miron, The Globe and Mail, Thursday, Nov. 08 2012,

A heads-up to Canada’s paddlers, anglers, cottagers and outdoor recreation enthusiasts: The rules that protect navigation on 99 per cent of Canada’s lakes and rivers are changing dramatically. And you may not appreciate the deregulatory surprises that await you once the federal government passes Bill C-45, its second omnibus bill of 2012.

Buried within the bill’s pages are drastic changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act. The end result? Litigation will become the new regulation as private citizens find they have no choice but to turn to the courts to uphold their navigation rights. 

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