Trees Are a Crop: Municipal Overreach Into Farming Must End By Jeff Bogaerts, President – Ontario Landowners Association For more than 300 years, Ontario farmers have harvested trees as part of ordinary agricultural life. Long before municipal governments existed, long…
HighSpeed Rail: The Land, The Cost, and The Truth Rural Ontario and Quebec Deserve By: Jeff Bogaerts, President, Ontario Landowners Association The federal government continues to promote the ALTO HighSpeed Rail project as a visionary “nationbuilding” initiative — a sleek,…
It’s not too late to register for the OLA Annual General Meeting BUT we’d like you to let us know you’re coming by April 8. To register for the meeting and be counted for lunch, please contact Donna Burns at…
For years, landowners across Ontario have watched their property rights steadily eroded by expanding regulations, permits, and bureaucratic interference. The question every landowner must ask is simple: Who really controls your land — you, or the government? On April 11, the Upper…
The end of privacy is accelerating, and the U.S. government has its foot on the gas pedal. Many Canadians were alarmed by Mark Carney’s decision to allow 49,000 Chinese Communist controlled electric vehicles to be imported into Canada. Even the…
For generations, Ontario’s agricultural landscape has been shaped not by municipal policy, but by farmers applying local knowledge, seasonal judgment, and longstanding stewardship practices. Farming is not a modern invention, nor is it a discretionary land use. It is a…
In our first submission, we spoke about standing firm. https://ontariolandowners.ca/standing-firm-property-rights-battles-in-haliburton-county-by-kythe-baldwin/ This installment goes further. It is about the original line drawn in the sand — and whether that line still means anything in Ontario. When the Crown surveyor laid out…
In the December 2025 edition of the Ontario Landowners Newsletter, I warned Ontarians about Mark Carney’s plan to make it easier to expropriate land for a high speed rail line from Quebec City to Toronto. Included in the Liberal Budget Implementation…
A One-Day Property Rights Conference for Rural & Private Landowners Tickets are now available for the Upper Canada Land Titles and Patent Research Initiative April 11 meeting at the Mountainview Christian Reformed Church, 290 Main St E, Grimsby, Ontario. Get…
The Kemptville College Alumni is pleased to announce our two scholarship recipients for 2026. Noah Haan, from Marysville ON, is in his second year studying Agricultural Management at Olds College in Alberta. Noah is involved in church activities, 4-H. community…
