A policy announcement was made advising that effective March 01, 2012 a Special Public Policy will be put in place which will allow for a CBSA officer to grant a Temporary Resident Permit (TRP), to those individuals who have had only one minor conviction, where the sentence was less than 6 months in length. There will be no fee for this TRP, and the issuance of the TRP will be at the discretion of the CBSA official. However, it is understood that this special public policy should significantly reduce the number of inadmissible visitors to our country.

It was explained that the intent of the present Inadmissibility Policy was never to keep out people of good faith who have had only one minor conviction, and aren’t seen as a security or criminality threat. Government policy and law is not easy to change, and this was acknowledged as an interim solution. The government of the day will continue to work towards a longer term solution and we should all be thanking our MP Greg Rickford for his contribution in having this issue addressed, through his tireless efforts.

It should be noted that the Government does not want this Special Public Policy to be perceived that criminal acts are condoned in Canada, nor seen as a change indicating an open door policy to allow all criminals into Canada - but rather as an interim solution for allowing those individuals into Canada that do not present a security nor criminality threat to our country, and who simply made a one time error in judgement and now want to enjoy everything that our great country has to offer. 

If you have a lobby / sitting area / reception or lunch room at your workplace, we would love to send you some brochures to set out. Drop us an email and we can send some off to you. Thank you for your help in promoting Stanley's.

Thanks Dan for sending me these photos from last year. What a great bunch of pictures!! These fish are huge!!

We do have a good time up here when the north is frozen.

Hello everyone! Just a quick reminder for everyone that has an existing reservation for 2012. Your deposits are required and you can send up a check or use our secure credit card deposit page. If you are in the Chicago area, and are planning on dropping your deposit off at the All-Canada show in St. Charles (Jan 12-15, 2012) just let us know so we know to expect you.

Please note if you are mailing your deposit in, you will require extra postage to get it to Canada. I always tell people to just put on an extra stamp.

We have had many guests inquire about the renewal notice that have received in the mail from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. The credit card sized outdoors card that many of you have received over the past few years needs to be re-newed every three years. You will need to just renew the outdoors card, but you don't have to purchase your license. That will be done once you arrive at the resort. Ontario now has an automated license system, so all you will need to do is swipe your outdoors card once you arrive, and it will print out a license for you. You have to have the outdoors card however. I believe the 3 year renewal is about $10. If you have any questions, just send me an email or give me a call.

Rob

We had a great freeze last week. The lake is frozen to a perfect sheen, and you can go as far as you want. We haven't seen these conditions in years. Here are a few photos from the week-end with the family doing some skating in front of camp.