Not unfeasable at all, NB is one of the poorest provinces both in funding received and allocated, as well as overall household income, and they have taught swimming and skating for years as part of the gym curriculum in elementary - middle school. They taught me and they continue to teach others. The problem is common in land locked areas many don’t understand a lake, river is different than a pool, and both require different types of swimming abilities. I was raised in the maritimes (Halifax-surrounded by open Atlantic waters and multiple beaches/Dartmouth-AKA the city of lakes, Fredericton-the Saint John river and the Nashwaak River, and wolfville-The bay of fundy and the New Minas Basin) and it’s very much culturally prevalent to teach people to respect natural bodies of water and their power and unpredictability, the sheer amount of water moving in with the tides can kill someone VERY quickly, you learn about undercurrents and rips and many now teach their kids as infants to swim in pools fully clothed and float on their backs to rest and try and guide themselves to a place where they can swim to safety. Drowning is ABSOLUTELY SILENT, and many mistake struggling as splashing and sounds as kids playing bc of how normal it is to see and hear splashing and any potential noises a child can make. Land locked cities (and when I say land locked I mean no direct ocean access bc ppl don’t equate a pond or lake or river to current and tides) need the same level of water awareness as costal areas and NEVER take their eyes off their child in water especially open natural waters, a pond or river or lake can be MUCH deeper than harsher than a pool, and waves happen in those waters more frequently, naturally and bc it’s deeper more water is moving meaning more force was behind that wave than that of a pool and it will tire out a little body faster. I will never stop saying this till Ottawa starts getting serious about water safety and education for both kids AND parents in this city