Jonny Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Registering unmotorized watercraft at $50 a pop --- what will they think of next... http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/944588--boaters-fear-they-ll-be-up-a-creek-without-a-50-licence?bn=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Did you miss the part where it's only for guided trips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted February 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Did you miss the part where it's only for guided trips? Nope. That's why the title "Confusion". Seems that some people are, according to the article. Don't be surprised if it's applied to more in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I wonder if I'll have to register my pontoon boat?!?!? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted February 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I wonder if I'll have to register my pontoon boat?!?!? lol Judging by ever-expanding bureaucracy and taxation (fees), you'll have to register an air mattress that you float around on. (And they'll be able to fine you if you're found floating around without carrying an instant patch kit.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afraz Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Wah do i need to register my 12 foot zodiac now ? what the hell.. its an inflatable.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinnerbaitking Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I don't think I'll be getting to excited about this, who's going to enforce it, next they'll want us to register or float tubes SBK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) The governments are all saying that Canadians are getting too fat, then come up with the idea to make them pay $50 to register the canoe's and kayaks. What a bunch of idiots.Obviously, some senior bureaucrat in Transport Canada is missing the point and needs to have a good A$$ kicking. Edited February 25, 2011 by Old Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jer Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 The governments are all saying that Canadians are getting too fat, then come up with the idea to make them pay $50 to register the canoe's and kayaks. What a bunch of idiots. It' supposed to make us jump up & down repeatedly shaking our fist & flipping the bird...that's some good cardio-vascular... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Read the TC regs before going off half co cked guys. Guide/leader boat only of paid/commercial operations. None of the boats following it need to be registered nor does yours. Been there since 2007 and similar to charter boat tracking/registering. Another way of tracking legitament businesses.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umKthxbye Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Read the TC regs before going off half co cked guys. Guide/leader boat only of paid/commercial operations. None of the boats following it need to be registered nor does yours. Been there since 2007 and similar to charter boat tracking/registering. Another way of tracking legitament businesses.... Exactly! Worded perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted February 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) Read the TC regs before going off half co cked guys. It may be something that's been around for a bit, but it looks like most people don't know about it. It's just the idea of it being done at all --- the thin edge of the wedge. Have you ever heard of a regulation being scrapped? Another way of tracking legitament businesses.... Leading one to ask... WHY? Legitimate businesses can be tracked by business registration and income tax. This would be a much better country if we had a law that says... for every new regulation that's made, two others have to be taken off the books. Edited February 25, 2011 by Jocko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POLLIWOGG Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Good to know that if you send your kids to camp the one inspected boat is the one the guide is in. If all the others sink he can rescue the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted February 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) Good to know that if you send your kids to camp the one inspected boat is the one the guide is in. If all the others sink he can rescue the kids. I get the sarcasm, but the boats are never inspected. I've bought and sold quite a number of registered boats and nobody has ever inspected one. They just want the money. Edited February 25, 2011 by Jocko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POLLIWOGG Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Doesn't the vessel have to be inspected to be registered? When my bud had his houseboat registered it was inspected and when my other bud built a toon for use at a kid's camp it was inspected and tested for buoyancy. Granted after the first inspection its probably never looked at again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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