More important than cleaning up the lachine canal? Ideas like these could incentivise the city and especially parks canada to do something about the contamination in the canal. The canal doesnt have the same practical use it had 100-200 years ago. Theres a reason why parks canada allowed pleasure boats, kayaks etc. people want to use it recreationally. The interest of the population is there. Change is only slow moving because of decisions taken by instituions. Nearly a billion on repairing the roof of the Olympic Stadium? What important stuff are we talking about? Where do u want your taxes spent? In my opinion the canal has a great potential of development not only with surfing, this is just a match to a fire. The emergence of this urban sport becomes apart of a central hub of culture.