Premier Doug Ford’s government will slap restrictions on floating homes, a new style of on-the-lake accommodation that has triggered controversy in Ontario’s cottage country, CBC News has learned.
The vessels — built using converted shipping containers — have provoked outrage among cottage owners and have been slammed as “ugly” by at least two local mayors.
The province’s ban will prohibit the floating homes from staying overnight on public waterways.
The restrictions will take effect on July 1, according to a regulation posted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
The ban will only apply to what the province calls “floating accommodations,” defined in the regulation as
