2022-Nov-14
Members of GBA’s Floating Cottages Strategy Group Highlight Your Concerns
Members of GBA’s Floating Cottage Strategy Group are highlighting your concerns about the need for appropriate regulation of floating cottages. Citing safety, environmental and licensing concerns, several members of the committee spoke to CBC recently to discuss the need to property regulate pop-up floating cottages. Transport Canada’s designation of floating cottages as “vessels” is a major concern as it exempts these structures from building codes, municipal zoning regulations and taxation.
GBA formed the Floating Cottages Strategy Group earlier this year to include local governments, the community, and other stakeholders. We anticipate that the floating cottage issue will require long-term advocacy and a coordinated effort across multiple government agencies to ensure that floating cottages are properly regulated and full environment protections are in place.
Read the CBC article here and watch the video below.