St.Thomas Power & Sail Squadron
THE BOWSPRIT
Information
from Transport Canada – As of April 1st, the Canada
Border Services Agency (CBSA - formerly Canada Customs) will no longer
issue Small Pleasure Craft licences on behalf of Transport Canada. The
CBSA has been issuing pleasure craft licences since the 1940s.
Service Canada will take over these services at its 320 Service
Canada Centres across the country – tripling the number of locations to
obtain a license. Service
Canada will develop a modern licensing system to provide search and rescue
and law enforcement agencies with access to licence information 24 / 7.
Under the Small Vessel Regulations of the Canada Shipping Act, all
pleasure craft 15 gross tons or less and powered by an engine 10
horsepower (7.5 kilowatts) or more must be licensed or registered,
regardless of where they operate in Canada.
Licenses will continue to be issued free of charge.
Information regarding the CPS-ECP 2005-2010 Strategic Plan – Answers to the following questions are required to assist in determining our future course of action. Background information to help members understand where these questions are coming from can be found on Members Moorings in Directory/CPS-ECP Strategic Plan. Comments/suggestions are welcome.
- How do you feel about the possibility of changing our name?
- How do you feel about our logos?
- How do you feel about the uniform issue?
- Should we have any uniforms?
- Should we reduce the number of uniforms from 9 to 4?
- How do you feel about our use of ranks to designate officer’s positions?
- Should we move to more corporate identities for our governing board members?
- How do you feel about restructuring our membership requirements to make our organization more accessible for training?
- How do you feel about rewarding our volunteers with specialty items or discounts on our store’s items?
Please email comments / suggestions to harrycole@shaw.ca on or before June 1, 2006.
Information from Berry Hill in
St.Thomas - they no longer sells marine charts.