As I mentioned in my March OLA ENews article about the City of Ottawa’s New Official Plan (Ottawa’s New Official Plan Goes Off the Rails), what started out as a reasonable process soon became non-transparent and secretive in 2020 during…
How to Fight Back in your Community is the title of the eighth in a series of activist training seminars created by Tom DeWeese and the American Policy Centre. It couldn’t have come at a better time! Why not take…
Many of you will be familiar with a guide called “What to do WHEN They Come for You”. Written several years ago to help landowners cope with unwanted visitors who enter their property unannounced and uninvited, this guide is available…
Municipalities across Ontario are updating or introducing tree-cutting by-laws. OLA Director of Research, Elizabeth Marshall has updated her report on the subject. First published in 2012, the report explains that the Municipalities need to consider other pieces of legislation, prior…
Regarding the Provinces intent to expand the Greenbelt over additional rural and non-urban lands by President Don Johnson, B.Sc.Agr., Hamilton-Halton Landowner Association On behalf of the Hamilton-Halton Landowner Association we make the following comments: Canada is founded on some simple…
Most Americans tend to think of private property simply as a home – the place where the family resides, store their belongings and find shelter and safety from the elements. It’s where you live. It’s yours because you pay the…
I read Mark Tijssen’s letter re Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO) leadership response to Conservation Authorities (CA’s) overreach. I then read the response by CFFO president Ed Scharringa to Mark Tijssen’s letter with much anticipation but unfortunately it was…
Sir/Madam: As I’m already inside the Green Belt, I have no personal interest in your proposal to expand the Green Belt, only a concern that it be done properly. The Green Belt should be expanded by absorbing the former McGuinty…
The City of Ottawa started their New Official Plan process in March 2019 with a website (), discussion papers, open houses, and the formation of an Ambassadors Working Group to introduce the Official Plan (OP) to communities. The Carleton Landowners…
Are you looking for information on private property rights? The Ontario Landowners Association has a wealth of information that we have gathered over the almost 18 years that we have been in operation. Whether you are looking for information on…
