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…
Signs of the Trudeau government calling a late spring election are all around us. The Liberals remain high enough in the polls to win a majority or at least a strong minority. I received a call from a polling company…
Jean-Serge Brisson (born June 28, 1954) is a Canadian political activist, tax reform advocate, politician, and author. He is a former leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada and gained national notoriety in the 1990s for his opposition to businesses…
If you live in rural Ottawa, you may have heard of the recent proposal to create a Gold Belt in rural Ottawa and add it to their Draft Official Plan along with the expansion of the urban boundary. No surprise…
On January 18, 2021, the Federal Court heard the injunction motion argued by the Applicants’ lawyer, Arkadi Bouchelev. The interim injunction was filed by a group of private applicants to allow owners of firearms affected by the Order in Council…
2021 – Who would have believed it has come so fast. It is strange how each year seems shorter then the year before – yet reliable sources tell me that, other then leap year, when we actually get an extra…
Sir: You removed Sir John A Macdonald from the ten-dollar bill and replaced him with a forgotten maritime lady. That was shameful. In case you haven’t read your history of Canada, Sir John A Macdonald created Canada when the British…
We have a new page on our website called Recommended Reading. If you have not had the time to visit it yet, we recommend you take a look at The theme is property rights of course. We hope you…
I had been working as a grass roots volunteer with United Shoreline Ontario to “spread the message of the IJC’s policy failure” and to hopefully garner support for the countless Lake Ontario shoreline property owners who had lost acres of…
