As I previously said, I think that standards based on scientific data could be applied everywhere without the municipalities even having to follow a procedure.
However, there are always cases specific to certain localities that have nothing to do with depth or distance from the shore. I'm thinking, for example, of the presence of an aquatic plant community. I really think the municipalities have to be trusted in such cases. In the case of an aquatic plant community, the evidence that the municipalities must provide doesn't have to be as strong as what Transport Canada asks of them. For example, the plant community in Fitch Bay is surrounded by wetlands. However, there are plant communities everywhere. Furthermore, the studies show that stirring up sediments in shallow areas damages the waterway. Consequently, the Fitch Bay study doesn't have to be redone, but Transport Canada requests evidence that boats are causing problems in that particular area of the bay.
So the procedure that the municipalities have to follow is too much.