From a letter to the Editor of the Niagara Falls Review:
The Niagara Parks Commission should be more open and accountable to the public.
It is shameful that the public doesn’t know the details of the lease with the Maid of the Mist. The best outcome would be that the contract is declared void and re-issued via an open-tender process so that all can bid.
NPC is publicly funded in part by the revenue it receives from water rights paid to it by Ontario Power Generation. OPG gets its revenue from all hydro ratepayers via the electricity line on your hydro bill.
Therefore, NPC owes it to the public to use its resources wisely.