Again, from my experience in dealing with things municipally...and I'm speaking now of North Vancouver, where I was the mayor at one point. And I'm not talking about navigable waters; I'm talking about fines against items that should have been approved appropriately but were built incorrectly. It's sort of “go ahead and do it, and beg for forgiveness later”, but then arguing that removing something—which is always the ability of a municipality, at least under B.C. provincial law, where they have the right to remove structures that have been built but not approved with a building permit, for example—is an unnecessary burden and it's better to allow some kind of post-approval process. The fine seems to be an extra incentive in many cases, and that's the reason I asked the question.
