Why is the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA) lobbying the Provincial government to shut down all gas-fired power plants? Helping our climate by phasing-out Ontario’s gas plants | Ontario Clean Air Alliance OCAA states on their website that Independent Electricity…
On Thursday, August 19th the Renfrew County Council held a “public meeting” through computer access only for the purpose of approving their Official Plan Amendment from the previous Official Plan that was adopted by the province in March 2020. It…
Donna Burns has brought our attention to an article on Legal Non-Conforming Rights written by a prominent law firm. Gowling WLG writes “The concept of legal nonconforming rights (also known as “acquired rights” or “grandfathering”) has undergone a great deal…
The final draft of Ottawa’s New Official Plan is rumored to be scheduled for release on August 20, 2021. I say rumored because their public engagement page displays only vague hints regarding release of documents and public consultation. The New…
Elizabeth Marshall reacts to a call from Ontario Barn Preservation (OBP) (Ontario Barn Preservation – Preserving Ontario’s rural history one barn at a time!) for “policies to make it easier to preserve heritage barns” in Grey County. Recently, Westley Wilson…
It seems that the world as we know it has taken a terrible turn for the worse in the last few years. Maybe our generation, on this continent, has been somewhat isolated to drastic change for most of our life…
The Ontario Landowners Association (OLA) is beginning a series of reports from landowners affected by government regulations of their land. Government continues to remove Property Rights from Private Landowners and restrict the usage of their land. The incursion of Conservation…
The Carleton Landowners Association has learned that the City of Ottawa is planning to install as many as 710 wind turbines and approximately 36 square kilometers of solar panels in addition to 122 large shipping containers of lithium batteries in our City…
Why is something that, only if you plead guilty, is permissible by the C.A.s, and yet you are charged, and have to go bankrupt to not plead guilty? That is for you and your elected officials to decide. In…
Minister Piccini, The Ontario Landowners Association congratulates you on your recent appointment as Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks. When Mr. Yurek was Minister, the OLA established a productive working relationship, and we look forward to continuing and building upon…
