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Last year, 19 of the nearly 9,000 boats inspected in Alberta carried invasive mussels from other provinces and from south of the border. Inspections determine whether the boats—including motorized vessels and paddle boats such as canoes—are properly drained and free of invasive species. 38 boaters received charges or warnings for failure to stop at an open inspection station, and six received charges or warnings for not removing their bilge plug.
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19 out of 9000 boats inspected (.2% of those that travelled out of province. And how many weren't inspected?) had invasive mussels. So yeah, let's charge every boat in Alberta a fee, even if they only ever take their boat out on the local lake/river without taking it out of province.
https://cottagelife.com/outdoors/alb...asive-mussels/
Alberta is invasive mussel free - so if your boat never leaves the province, why do we need a fee?