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…
Private Member’s Bill 21 misses the mark on the fundamental causes of soil erosion with the recent changes in land tenure in Ontario. Putting blind faith in Independent MPP Brady and Green Party leader Mike Schreiner in supporting Bill 21…
HighSpeed Rail: Questions Rural and Agricultural Communities Need Answered The federal government has announced plans for a highspeed rail corridor linking Quebec City to Toronto. While the project is being promoted as a nationbuilding transportation initiative, many fundamental questions remain…
In 2006, the Supreme Court made it easier for governments to destroy your property. A government was allowed to render your property worthless, and not compensate you so long as the government did not gain a “beneficial interest” in the…
The Ontario Landowners Association (OLA) has long held that education is the first line of defence for property rights. Before landowners can protect their rights, they must understand what those rights are — and just as importantly, where the limits…
The Ontario Landowners Association is pleased to extend congratulations to KyLee Hanson and Holly Bogaerts, who are nearing completion of their Paralegal Diploma at the Algonquin Careers Academy campus in Ottawa. Algonquin Careers Academy | Career Training Online & in…
