Dear Mr. Premier

Your Mister of Tourism is pursuing small-minded and short-sighted policies
that will harm the Newfoundland and Labrador RV tourism industry.

From the CBC:

http://stjohns.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=nf_rvs_20040913

ST. JOHN'S  -  The province's tourism minister says he's going to
enforce the rules against camping in mall parking lots.

Some tourism operators have complained that big-box stores have been
offering space in their lots to RV owners.

I have been to Newfoundland and Labrador a number of times and had been
planning an extended visit with my RV for the first time. However, I use the
"parking allowed at WalMart" (and other shopping centres) as a barometer to
judge how welcome RVs are in a jurisdiction. Shelley's pronouncement tells
me that I am not welcome in Newfoundland and Labrador. Despite my desire to
return, I will not visit your province as long as you pursue this course.

For the record, the vast majority of the time I stay in and pay for
accommodation in campgrounds.However, on occasion I need to pull off the
road and park at a shopping centre for one night because it's very late, all
the campgrounds are full, etc. The Canadian Federation of Independent
Business is shooting itself in the foot because they and your Minister
Shelley are causing people to question if they will be welcome in
Newfoundland and Labrador. Word spreads quickly via the internet.

A reasonable policy would be to allow ONE night of shopping centre parking.

I hope you will encourage your Minister Shelley to reconsider.

Yours truly,
Joe Bedford
Kanata Ontario