The government’s revised boating regulations affecting canoes, kayaks and other human-powered vessels where met with such a tide of public protest, that they pulled anchor on the required registration.
Confusion, red-tape and need to ‘guess the weight’ of your vessel, had many avid paddlers ready to abandon ship.
The Paddling Instructor blog author said, according to a blog buddy who attended the minister’s announcement made in Calgary yesterday, that the power of sensible emails protesting the regulation helped turn the tide.