The question really is why not sooner. The philosophical merger of the VBCOA and VBSPA really leaves no venue for the communication of ideas and thoughts in support of private property rights. The VBCOA VBSPA have little regard for the protection of the private property located on the lakefront. Would you want someone telling you what you can do on your land?

What would be right is a coordinated plan of shoreline protection far enough back to minimize or eliminate the threat to the beaches. Public land should be used to preserve a public good such as a shoreline walking path or beach access. Does it make sense that in some cases using public or public and/or private land is desirable to achieve both goals of protection and access?

The VBCOA/VBSPA want lakefront owners to move their cottages back and let the erosion to continue. This will result in private beaches in the long term, legal battles over access, further destruction of the community fabric and an environmental nightmare as old septic fields and cottages crumble and fall over the advancing  erosion. We want some rational thought introduced to the debate.

We will lobby municipal and provincial governments on behalf of all property owners around the south basin of Lake Winnipeg. We feel property needs to be protected but certainly not at the expense of the beaches. The problem is that most of the solution is in the hands of Manitoba Hydro and Mother Nature as it is the level of water that truly determines if the beach will survive.