I think it's all relative, a matter of scale. Here in Ottawa the city passed the bylaw two or three years ago. It was just a free-for-all up until two or three years ago. Now they have different classifications of vendors, so there are some real farmers there now. If a huckster is a huckster, a huckster is identified as a huckster.
Certainly they all pay stall fees. Somebody has to pay the freight in terms of the expenses to run a market. Over at Vankleek Hill, for example, I suspect a farmer probably pays $20 a day to be at the market, but they have to raise funds to pay for their advertising. They have an insurance premium they have to pay, and membership in Farmers' Markets Ontario, which is not onerous.
But the big markets have probably tighter rules because a lot of funny stuff over the years has happened at the ByWard Market in Ottawa. I couldn't even begin to tell you the horror stories, but in the smaller markets it's more a sense of family. You don't get that at the ByWard Market, and I'm not down-speaking that market, but if you go to Vankleek Hill, it's a nice big family. Some of the folks there help do that market. It's just a nice family.
Yes, there are rules and regulations, certainly, in almost all the markets. Some are tougher than others, and they probably should be.